"The beauty is that muscle use, in and of itself, is what initiates the processes that keep muscles 'up to date,' healthy, and functional."

"In fact, it seems like although Sans Forgetica is novel and hard to read, its effects might well end there."

"For the first time, we can now conclusively say that just as for sensorimotor stroke, 'time is vision' after an occipital stroke."

After 17 years underground, cicadas will return by the millions this summer. Here, an expert breaks down their life cycle and why they emerge when they do.

AI will help people using robotic prosthetics or exoskeletons walk securely on terrains, such as tile, brick, concrete, grass, and "upstairs" and "downstairs."

A new app helps doctors weigh the risks of delaying cancer treatment during the pandemic against the risk of COVID-19 infection while getting that care.

The discovery of the neural "home" for stress could be helpful to people struggling with the major fear and anxiety that it causes.

School closures in the US mean no gym classes. That could fuel a spike in childhood obesity. "Public health interventions are urgently needed."

A new algorithm can predict where people or objects lost at sea will float. That could make life-saving search-and-rescue operations much faster.

A new simpler urine test that could be done in a doctor’s office or even at home would give people with kidney stones results in as little as 30 minutes.