EACH new discovery of natural science broadens our knowledge and deepens our understanding of the physical universe; but at times these advances raise new and even more fundamental questions than ...

A drug commonly prescribed after a heart attack doesn’t seem to offer significant benefits for people who recover without lasting damage — and could pose added risks to women. In a new research trial, ...

Objectives Bisphenol A (BPA), a xenoestrogen that can alter DNA methylation status, has been implicated in the pathogenesis ...

New research (the Ver-A-T1D trial) presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) (Vienna, 15-19 September) shows that slow-release (SR) verapamil ...

Cannabidiol (CBD) shows promise in regulating appetite, glucose and lipid metabolism, and inflammation in preclinical models ...

A piece of wood adorned with the names of white-supremacist mass murderers Brenton Tarrant and Anders Breivik appears in a still image from an undated video that was filmed and posted to social media ...

A new study out of the U.K. lays out how thumbs helped shape brain development in humans and other primates. Scientists found a link between thumb size and the size ...

In this article, ACRO explores multiple sclerosis—a silent battle unfolding within the central nervous system.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The second instalment in Asta Olivia Nordenhof’s Scandinavian Star septology neatly picks up where the last ...