Drinking enough water can help with weight loss and prevent kidney stones, as well as migraines, urinary tract infections and low blood pressure, according to a new systematic review of 18 randomized clinical trials.
In the systematic review…

Drinking enough water can help with weight loss and prevent kidney stones, as well as migraines, urinary tract infections and low blood pressure, according to a new systematic review of 18 randomized clinical trials.
In the systematic review…

Two ancient hominid species with slightly different gaits crossed paths in East Africa.
Footprints preserved on what was once a muddy lakeshore indicate that the two species, each built to walk in its own way, hung out there around…

BYLINE: Laura Thomas
Newswise — A storeroom specimen that changed the origins of modern lizards by millions of years has had its identity confirmed.
The tiny skeleton, unearthed…

A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill offers a solution to water scarcity during droughts amid the tug of economic development, population growth and climate uncertainty for water users in Western U.S….

In 2024, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their foundational work in artificial intelligence (AI), and the Nobel Prize in chemistry went to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John Jumper for using AI…

Kidney cells can make memories too. At least, in a molecular sense.
Neurons have historically been the cell most associated with memory. But far outside the brain, kidney cells can also store information and recognize patterns in a…

One of the most extraordinary fossil beds of Cretaceous creatures in the world formed about 125 million years ago, in what’s now northeastern China.
Researchers have thought that the diverse members of this ancient community were…

Increasingly, vehicles with advanced driver assistance systems are looking not only at the road but also at the driver. And for good reason. These systems can, paradoxically, make driving less safe as drivers engage in more risky behaviors behind…

Virtual- and augmented-reality setups already modify the way users see and hear the world around them. Add in haptic feedback for a sense of touch and a VR version of Smell-O-Vision, and only one major sense remains: taste.
To fill the gap,…

The Vikings played a preeminent role in the peopling of the North Atlantic, and one might expect populations that were founded by them to be genetically similar and homogeneous. New research suggests that the Icelandic and Faroese populations…