While Mercury is the innermost planet in the Solar System, on average it spends more time closer to Earth than Venus does.

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Researchers have discovered that cooling starchy foods—from pizza to rice—creates “resistant starch,” a carb that behaves ...

The day finally arrived. Just one game before facing the Toronto Raptors, LeBron James has exactly 10 to keep his illustrious ...

Two separate studies published today in the journals Science and Nature arrived at the same conclusion: AI chatbots can be ...

Simplifying nutrition information can empower consumers to make healthier, more informed dietary choices and reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to guidance issued by the ...

The Wellcome Photography Prize awards photographers who show how science affects human health around the world.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about Thursday's federal vaccine advisory committee meeting and proposed changes to the child vaccination schedule.

A short interaction with a chatbot can meaningfully shift a voter’s opinion about a presidential candidate or proposed policy in either direction, new Cornell University research finds.

Two macaques learned to keep time with various songs, which might point to how humans got their sense of rhythm. But some ...

If there was any doubt that the current U.S. administration is the world’s greatest threat to action on climate change, ...

To save spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest, one plan suggests killing thousands of barred owls. Conservationists and ...