The story of humanity is one of progress. At least, that’s what we tell ourselves. But the truth is that human civilization ...

Radiation from CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that ...

(via SciShow) It's impossible to have something colder than absolute zero...right? That's why it's called "absolute zero". Well, it turns out you can get certain substances to negative absolute ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar. According to this theory, oceanic water rushed faster than a speeding car dow ...

Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all. These are the findings of a new study from ...

New research from the University of Waterloo suggests increasing the ratio of dietary potassium to sodium intake may be more effective for lowering blood pressure than simply reducing sodium intake. H ...

Is sauerkraut more than just a tangy topping? A new University of California, Davis, study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that the fermented cabbage could help protect yo ...

For the study, published in Lancet Public Health, researchers analysed Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures of deaths ...

Using electrodes in a fluid form, researchers at Linköping University have developed a battery that can take any shape. This ...

A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the "la Caixa" Foundation, has ...

Dr Hannah Fry arms herself with a hammer to test out the difference between toughened and ordinary glass. What's the secret ...

(via Mark Rober) Sometimes you gotta go full Tom Cruise to really teach the science.