If you were giving birth, what would be your choice: a longer labor with relatively less pain, or a shorter labor with terrible pain? That’s the question researchers posed to 40 pregnant women. Their ...

The study looked at blood samples from 30 overweight adults taken before and immediately after a max-effort cycling workout, which lasted about 10 to 12 minutes. They then exposed human colon cancer ...

Melbourne, Heat takes it out of you. After a long, hot day, we feel tired and grumpy. But sustained periods of heat do more than that – they age us faster. Cumulative heat stress changes our ...

The study — published in Nature — comes as climate change activists are increasingly turning to courts to argue that fossil fuel companies are making climate change worse. Scientists have found more ...

Intense light amplifies a specific gene that bolsters blood vessels and offers protection against heart attacks, suggests a study. The study was published in the journal 'Cell Reports'. "We already ...

It has been widely understood by the climate science community that the hotter, drier conditions linked to climate change were a driver behind the extreme fire season. Now a new study released ...

A new study suggests strength gains can happen with as little as three seconds of heavy lifting a day. The results suggest beginners may benefit from short daily workouts, especially eccentric ...

There are lots of ways physicians might treat a patient after a heart attack -- certain resuscitation methods, aspirin, clot-busters and more. Now researchers have found a new candidate: Intense light ...

Men circumcised either as children or adults report less intense sexual pleasure and orgasm than their uncircumcised counterparts, according to a new study from Belgium. “We’re not saying less sexual ...

A new study assessing the cumulative impacts of human activities on wildlife found that the vast majority of terrestrial species are facing “intense” pressure due to humanity’s footprint across the ...