Can bone broth really relieve joint pain, improve gut health, and improve your skin? We asked the experts what they think.

Regular ScienceAlert readers will likely know how pervasive microplastics are – getting into human tissue, ancient rock, and ...

Scientists from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona have warned that a single tea bag can release billions of dangerous ...

A study by the Autonomous University of Barcelona reveals that commercial tea bags made from polymer-based materials release ...

A program is collecting data from commercial space missions to help determine the effects of space flight on human health.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday its analysis of samples from the first severe case of ...

Scientists have finally quantified the brain’s speed limit in processing human thought, an advance that reveals why we are able to process only one thought at a time. The human body’s sensory systems, ...

By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph.

The science behind this theory lies in the burgeoning field of epigenetics, which explores how environmental factors, ...

Eternal vigilance needed to prevent resurgence of polio worldwide, with debate on vaccine efficacy and transmission routes.

Humans — some eight billion people weighing 120 million tons — account for only about one one-thousandth of Earth’s current biomass, according to Dr. Bar-On’s study. Termites and their mounds account ...

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate ...