School closures and homeschooling during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 led to improved health and quality of life for many teenagers, as they slept longer, according to a study from the University of Zurich.
A study by the University of Exeter of medieval medical texts found that fertility was considered to have a "cut-off point" instead of a gradual decline with age, with men thought to remain fertile longer than women.
When bears and ground squirrels hibernate in winter, they stop eating, lasting until spring simply on the fat reserves they’ve stored up in their bodies.
No billionaires live among the Tsimane people of Bolivia, although some are a bit better off than others.
For decades, wealthy nations have transported plastic trash, and the environmental problems that go with it, to poorer countries, but researchers have found a potential bright side to this seemingly unequal trade: plastic waste may provide an economic boon for the lower-income countries.
With state legislatures nationwide preparing for the once-a-decade redrawing of voting districts, a research team has developed a better computational method to help identify improper gerrymandering designed to favor specific candidates or political parties.
Climate problems alone were not enough to end periods of ancient Pueblo development in the southwestern United States.
Humans cannot live on protein alone – even for the ancient indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest whose diet was once thought to be almost all salmon.
The ability to control your own behavior, known as executive function, might not exist all in your head.
Most people rely on family members to help them learn how to open a bank account, find a job or create a budget, but that’s often not an option for youth in foster care, according to a recent study in Child & Family Social Work.
The ability to identify misinformation only benefits people who have some skepticism toward social media, according to a new study from Washington State University.
People tend to listen to big talkers, whether they are women or men.
Fortune 500 firms with strong growth profiles are more susceptible to “cooking the books” than smaller, struggling companies, according to a recent study published in Justice Quarterly.
Man’s best friend might actually belong to a woman.
A healthy diet and a little exercise appear to be good for arthritis, even on the cellular level.
Using cannabis alongside other drugs may come with a significant risk of harmful drug-drug interactions, new research by scientists at Washington State University suggests.
Scientists observe reduction in emissions of banned ozone-depleting chemical after unexpected spike.
Cells from a cheek swab revealed biomarkers for rheumatoid arthritis that could lead to a way to diagnose and begin treatment before the disease develops, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
Instructor Mandana Sassanfar found creative ways to teach first-years experimental techniques and laboratory protocols remotely.
Reducing internal losses could pave the way to low-cost perovskite-based photovoltaics that match silicon cells’ output.