Rates of invasive lobular carcinoma are increasing in the US more than three times faster than those of all other breast cancers. A doctor explains how to lower your risk.

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture.

Until recently lace was considered a niche textile, too fussy for the hurly-burly of everyday life. But over the past few seasons, lace has morphed from florid to fabulous—currently enjoying a ...

Being raised Catholic, Sundays were always a sacred day. As a kid, Sundays meant it was time for church and baseball. I remember my mom reminding me to put sunscreen on as we headed to the field to ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

More than 13% of American adults say they feel very tired or exhausted most or every day of the week, making fatigue a real issue for many. Fatigue is a complicated issue that can be tied to a range ...

MANY COUPLES struggle to conceive. Some are helped by IVF (in-vitro fertilisation). But if the woman has no usable eggs to fertilise, they must either give up or use a donor. Researchers have thus ...

Some things in cosmology may simply be unknowable. Why is there something rather than nothing? What lies outside the universe? What is inside a black hole? That last one has been niggling at ...

We believe things because doing so helps us belong and upholds a certain moral order, but not necessarily because they are ...

Every day, your immune system performs a delicate balancing act, attacking harmful invaders while protecting your own tissues ...