A study on cellphone bans used data from about 4,600 schools and is the first nationally representative look at such bans.

Older Americans are being targeted by scams at rising rates, with new research revealing which states are hit hardest.

New drugs have made America’s deadliest cancer more treatable than ever. So why aren’t they reaching patients?

Trees are countering nearly half the urban heating from pavement and buildings in the world's cities, but they're not doing enough cooling in hotter, poorer cities where it's needed the most as the ...

A new study finds the Gulf once reached what is now the northshore, and warns it could return there in the coming centuries.

When an asteroid as big as Mount Everest struck Earth 66 million years ago, it wiped out all non-avian dinosaurs and roughly a third of life on the planet. But many plants survived the devastation. In ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

New research suggests gut bacteria differences could signal Parkinson's disease risk years before symptoms emerge, according ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes. By Carl ...

Indigenous people in the Andes domesticated the potato - a great source of starch, vitamins, minerals and fiber - 6,000 to 10 ...

As many continue to criticize the pop star for his polarizing personal life and controversial public statements, a new study ...