A new version of artificial muscles for robots and other applications offers several advantages over previous technologies, researchers say.

"In general, we found people with a higher purpose were considered to be more romantically attractive."

On this episode of the Big Brains podcast, an expert breaks down the secret conversations we have through our hand gestures.

This year, the US is expected to surpass more than two million new cases of cancer for the first time ever. An oncologist discusses why.

Diagnoses of breast cancer have increased steadily in women under age 50 over the past two decades, researchers report.

"Our findings suggest that it can be damaging for people to begin dieting unless it is medically necessary."

A nutrition and wellness expert explains why it's so hard to lose weight during the winter months and shares healthy eating tips.

A device called an aerial screw, invented by Leonardo da Vinci more than 500 years ago, may hold the key to quieter drones.

"Long COVID symptoms really may have a physiological and psychological impact on sexual well-being for women."

Get the hiccups? Experts explain why scientists think we get them and what you can do to get them to stop.