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Researchers found that the average penis increased in size from 4.8 inches in 1992 to 6 inches in 2021. But in some regions, they shrank.
“Rational vaccinology” could lead to effective cancer vaccines.
From the bedside to the lab bench, here’s how laboratory testing works.
When migraine and tension-headache patients overuse their medications, they can actually trigger more headaches.
It’s sustainable, nutritious and delicious. Scientists need to ramp up efforts to meet this urgent need.
The pathogen typically kills more than 90% of people it infects.
Get the most out of your coffee.
Hundreds of these cannabis-related chemicals now exist, both natural and synthetic, inspiring researchers in search of medical breakthroughs.
New blood types are regularly discovered by an unusual absence or an unusual presence — both of which can result in tragedy.
Your breathing rhythm influences a wide range of behaviors, cognition, and emotion.
Viruses, it turns out, can block one another and take turns to dominate.
Sniffing out a deal.
Some objects were softer than others.
Cryo-electron tomography, or cryo-ET, is the future of cell research.
Researchers are looking at neurons required for touch-mediated pain relief.
In the early 20th century, a young biochemist named Alexander Oparin set out to connect “the world of the living” to “the world of the dead.”
Researchers have been developing a promising model that can more closely mimic the human body – organ-on-a-chip.
Tumor cells traverse many different types of fluids as they travel through the body.
More work is needed before declaring the technique a fountain of youth.
You don’t have to “feel the burn” to see improvements to your health and well-being.
Chronotherapeutic drug delivery aims to maximize treatment effectiveness and minimize side effects.
Over time, different structures in the brain come to play unique roles in the storage and retrieval of long-term memories.
Solving difficult visual puzzles seems to help the brain “rewire” itself by forming new neural pathways.
People with shingles have an approximately 80% higher risk of stroke than those without the disease.
The “subarachnoidal lymphatic-like membrane” helps shield and protect the brain.
The new documentary “Make People Better” leans toward a different narrative about gene-editing than we’ve heard before.
“Jumping genes” exist in various forms, including as remnants of ancient retroviruses, and make up about 45% of the human genome.