Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups that are almost indistinguishable from plastic, but break down more quickly

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Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

Three people in Mammoth Lakes, California, have died from hantavirus, a rare virus spread by deer mice. The illness also claimed the life of Betsy Arakawa, Gene Hackman's wife. Fewer than 100 cases ha...

Profanity can come with numerous physical, psychological, and social perks.

A bill threading its way through the state legislature would make it almost impossible to sue pesticide companies for health complications caused by their products.

Amid growing wealth disparity, we have little information on how health among older Americans compares with that among older Europeans across the distribution of wealth. We performed a longitudinal...

Many of us have a brain that is older than our years. But there are plenty of things you can do to counteract this, says neuroscience columnist Helen Thomson

Spending a lot of time outdoors may be the best way to prevent myopia, or delay its progression, but this isn't always practical. Now, research suggests that bringing the outside in may be a valid workaround