Biology

Crew members from the Inspiration4 mission. New research looks at the biological effects of their short trip to space. SpaceX, CC BY-NC  − a new...

by Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, University of Pittsburgh Nearly three-quarters of high school students do not get enough sleep on school nights, according to the Centers for...

Getty Images Stock Photo by Ellen Quarles, University of Michigan You likely know someone who seems to age slowly, appearing years younger than their birth date...

by Edward D. Melillo, Amherst College On a crisp autumn morning in 1908, an elegantly dressed African American man strode back and forth among the...

A couple piggyback together on the tennis court. Getty Images – the biology of how muscles change with age by Roger Fielding, Tufts University There is perhaps no...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In one of the most ambitious attempts yet to thwart Alzheimer's disease, a major study got underway Monday to see if...

NEW YORK (AP) — After a mentally ill Bradley Ballard made a lewd gesture to a female guard at the Rikers Island jail, he...

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of years ago, a teenage girl toppled into a deep hole in a Mexican cave and died. Now, her...

WASHINGTON (AP) — While scientists believe the universe began with a Big Bang, most Americans put a big question mark on the concept, an...

Fresh Produce (CNN Photo/Adam Shivers) by Allison Gilbert (CNN) -- Women checking in for appointments at the Comprehensive Breast Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York this month are being offered more than a pre-op or post-op surgical visit.