New research into mitotic chromosomes has found that they are covered in a liquid-like coating that could allow them to bounce off one another, like bumper cars, protecting them from being damaged ...

Rubin said she often hears from patients who believe a “base tan” will help prevent sunburn. While there’s some truth to that, the protection it offers is minimal at best. When your skin is exposed to ...

More Americans are now eligible for compensation for health problems linked to radiation exposure from the atomic weapons ...

Fossils are invaluable archives of the past. They preserve details about living things from a few thousand to hundreds of ...

A common scanning method used to create ‘virtual copies’ of precious fossils could be erasing some of the crucial information ...

Retired service members donated genetic material to help answer health questions for not only others in the military but all Americans, creating one of the largest repositories of health data in the ...