A staggering 840 million women and adolescent girls worldwide have experienced physical violence, sexual violence, or both by an intimate partner or sexual violence by a non-partner at least once in ...

After the advent of gene-editing technology, if it can lead to disease treatment, the question naturally moves to the next ...

Space is full of radiation, which is bad for both babies and non-babies alike, but we also have to worry about how microgravity affects the human body, too.

As private companies race to build orbital habitats and government agencies sketch out Mars timelines, a fundamental ...

Nearly two-thirds of all maternal deaths worldwide occur in countries marked by conflict or fragility. The risk of a woman who lives in a country ...

The body changes, hormones surge, and the transition from child to teenager is well underway. But when puberty begins earlier ...

Insufficient intake of micronutrients can result in various health problems. Dr Sethi shares the first symptoms of some of them.

Yellowstone's golden eagle was captured getting fitted with GPS trackers to monitor their movements in the National Park.

A new scientific review highlights a growing environmental challenge linked to modern food production. Researchers report that waste from livestock and aquaculture operations now contains a complex ...

Few animals depend on timing as tightly as the kākāpō. This flightless parrot is found only on a few predator-free islands ...

When people talk about saving wildlife, they often focus on numbers. Conversations center on how many deer live in a forest, ...

In Burundi, large-scale tea production is hampering efforts to protect endangered species, such as chimpanzees. A tea plantation stretches as far as the eye can see on the edge of Kibira National Park ...