A surprising new study suggests that dementia risk has declined with each generation. However, there are good reasons to be ...

New research shows parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion levee system are sinking up to 28 mm a year. That's over seven times faster than sea level rise, raising flood risks.

New partnerships are forming between tech companies and power operators — ones that could reshape decades of misconceptions about nuclear energy.

As temperatures rise, so does the risk of heat-related illness – especially for people taking certain prescription drugs.

TOKYO — Doctors may eventually be able to tell whether your cells are aging prematurely without needles, blood tests, or expensive lab work. Japanese researchers have developed an experimental ...

Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?