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A study of more than 460,000 older Americans found no overall link between total ultra-processed food intake and bowel cancer ...

A robot that can imagine what a room will look like after it moves an object may be better at following everyday instructions ...

Birds do far more than pollinate flowers, scatter seeds and eat insects. A major scientific review shows that they also move ...

Turning Mars into a world more like Earth might sound like a bold step for human exploration. But scientists warn that ...

Scientists have found two experimental metals that stay surprisingly tough at temperatures cold enough to freeze almost ...

A lightweight wearable device designed to gently disturb a person’s balance helped healthy volunteers improve their reactions ...

A form of vitamin B3 was linked to fewer new glaucoma diagnoses among people with high eye pressure, a medical-record study ...

Liver cirrhosis can develop for years without obvious symptoms, making it easy to overlook until significant damage has ...

Drugs commonly used for diabetes and weight management may be linked to a lower risk of severe kidney problems in people with ...

Swapping part of the sodium in table salt for potassium may offer a practical way to lower blood pressure, according to ...