The Alkhurma virus was first found in Saudi Arabia in the mid-1990s, in patients with typical hemorrhagic fever symptoms

How do you put a 13-ton hat on a giant statue? That's what a team of researchers is trying to figure out with their study of Easter Island statues

Scientists inventory glycans in venoms of South American vipers

It’s one of several jobs of the cerebral plumbing system, which uses its fluid in some surprising ways

A 21-gene test performed on tumors could enable most patients with the most common type of early breast cancer to safely forgo chemotherapy

Seoul, South Korea, New York City among the cities with the biggest carbon footprints worldwide

The genetic changes behind the expansion that made us human have been elusive, until now

Increased walking pace associated with reduced mortality risk

Previous analysis of Mesolithic skeletal remains in this region has suggested a more varied Mediterranean diet 

Enamel is the hardest tissue in the body and enables our teeth to function for a large part of our lifetime despite biting forces, exposure to acidic foods, and extreme temperatures

Steelhead trout, which live and grow in the Pacific Ocean, genetically adapted to the freshwater environment of Lake Michigan in less than 120 years

Columbia study shows that altering activity in the brain's emotion center can eliminate the natural craving for sweets