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The contraceptive pill has been hailed as one of the most revolutionary health technologies of the 20th century—a tool that gave women control over their fertility and paved the way for education and careers. But a new ...

When parliamentarians disclose their additional income from lobbying work, they gain more trust from the electorate. This was shown by researchers at the University of Basel in a survey conducted in seven European countries. ...

If you're unfamiliar with cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome, you're hardly alone. But it might already be affecting you—no matter your age.

State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for intensive therapy for children with autism—and looming federal Medicaid cuts are likely to make the problem worse.

A veterinary researcher studying Calgary's urban wildlife has uncovered a surprising health anomaly in the city's jackrabbits (Lepus townsendii).

Many German cities have a shortage of parking spots. To design and map street-side parking, authorities require information about the street width. This allows them to plan as efficiently and precisely as possible, which ...

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured glowing cosmic dust heated by very young massive stars in unprecedented detail in this image of the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud ...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has set off a "code red" alert to employees to improve its flagship product, ChatGPT, and delay other product developments, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Vast resources have gone into developing and testing medical and public health interventions so they can be used confidently as evidence-based practices. Yet many interventions are deployed in isolation—even when the people ...

While originally created as a way to help people stop smoking, a UBC Okanagan researcher is raising concerns about oral nicotine pouches being portrayed as trendy and pleasurable, especially among young people.

In a disaster, there are often massive network outages. When the Ahr, a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, burst its banks in July 2021, the entire telephone and mobile network quickly collapsed as the floodwaters and mud ...

A new national study has found that single-event multi-level surgery (SEMLS) helps straighten the legs and improves walking ability in children with cerebral palsy.