Scientists have discerned certain systems that, if they collapse, would spell doom for humanity’s future on Earth. A new study analyzes the possibility of such a collapse by creating models ...

People have been obsessed with cheating death for millennia, but until recently, little had been understood about how to extend life—or if it was even possible. Scientists now say they are getting ...

A leading doctor has outlined what she believes to be the four fundamental aspects of health, and they're so straightforward ...

In 1943, a physicist and a biologist published a paper that confirmed one of the central pillars of Darwin's theory of evolution. The paper, by Max Delbrück of Vanderbilt University and Salvador Luria ...