An inescapable form of human pollution is seeping into our bodies in ways we never fully realized.

Confronted with her parents' dementia and teenagers' climate anxiety, one woman considers how our baselines shift in the face of personal — and global — loss. By Heidi Lasher

An FDA-approved pharmaceutical used to treat erectile dysfunction could soon be recommended as a therapy for decreasing the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

The blockbuster medications that reduce body weight also reduce inflammation in the brain, raising hopes that they can treat Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

A study found that waste heat generated by a city’s worth of air conditioners during a heatwave can raise the outside temperature by more than 2 degrees Celsius.

First, you’ve got to drive a long way before you overcome your EV’s embedded carbon debt. And then there’s the trouble with the minerals in its battery…

Donanemab is second drug in a year to succeed in trials in what could be ‘beginning of the end’ of disease

More magnesium in our daily diet leads to better brain health as we age, according to scientists from the Neuroimaging and Brain Lab at The Australian National University (ANU).

An ancient human foraging instinct, fueled by fructose, may hold clues to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, according to researchers.

Here’s what the results may mean for you.

Lecanemab is the first drug to remove damage, but there are questions around its impact, side effects and use.

Alcohol is an widely used substance known for contributing to bad decision making, but have you ever wondered why it can have that effect?

France is facing a widespread dearth of Dijon mustard, which news outlets wasted no time in attributing to the war in Ukraine. But the story is a whole lot spicier than that.

In recent years, many amateur astronomers have added a new item to their toolkit: a smartphone. Here are one observer's favorite apps.

When you pop a pill, it begins a long and convoluted journey into your stomach, through the twisting intestines, and then into the bloodstream.

More chemicals being released by reused plastic could indicate need for ‘super clean’ recycling process

Consciousness can be applied to the senses or feelings, it is to feel love, cold, savor your favorite dish or suffer the loss of a loved one. Consciousness is any possible experience. It is feeling love, cold, savoring your favorite dish or suffering the loss of a loved one. The word feel can be linked to the senses or feelings. However, when we refer to consciousness, the subjective experience or conscious experience occurs when we feel anything, regardless of its nature. If someone has been under the effects of general anesthesia, they know what the total absence of consciousness is.

A Japanese research team said it developed a vaccine to remove so-called zombie cells that accumulate with age and damage nearby cells, causing aging-related diseases including arterial stiffening.

A massive new study has found evidence that blood iron levels could play a role in influencing how long you live.

Activism is working. Both on the streets as people protest to end racist and violent policing, and among civil liberties organizations who have been fighting the government’s use of harmful face surveillance technology. This week two major vendors of face surveillance technology announced that in...

IBM is getting out of the facial recognition business, saying it's concerned about how the technology can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling.

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on Friday refused to bow to business pressure and extended the Mediterranean country's economically-crippling lockdown until May 3. Conte made the announcement after Italy's official COVID-19 toll climbed by another 570 fatalities to 18,849 -- more than any other country -- but with the growth rate now just a fraction of what it was a few weeks ago.

When couples spend more time together than usual, they learn a lot about each other. With the Coronavirus outbreak making us stay at home, many of us are now working from home...

To kick off our new Interrail competition, in which the writer of the best rail tip wins two first-class train passes worth up to £768, here’s our pick of Europe’s most scenic journeys

Eavesdropping bureaucrats have been replaced by algorithm-driven facial recognition technology. But the real impact of indiscriminate surveillance may be in our minds.

Very easy. You can pick up a Nokia 105 (2017 edition) for about £15 or a dual-sim Nokia 106 (2018 edition) for about £16. These are only 2G phones but they have built-in FM radios, they can send texts, they are great for making phone calls and they are not based on Google or Apple technologies. A 3G or 4G phone would cost a bit more …

When my friend Kenny's nana died of dementia, he'd already mourned her twice. The first time, he was shopping for her birthday present. He'd settled on a watch, but didn't know what kind, what brand or how much he should spend. He considered the expensive option, the watch he thought she deserved, but then he remembered: His nana had dementia. Usually she'd try and return presents, convinced others had left them behind.

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