Since the 1980s, when the number of families in Brazil headed by women almost doubled, the country has led an unpreceden ...

Climate change is severely affecting pastoralist communities in Uganda, particularly along the cattle corridor, including ...

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After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live. By Dana G. Smith The oldest human on ...

Extremely preterm infants remain a very high-risk category for illness and mortality. Prior research indicates this may be mitigated by feeding preterm infants with human milk fortified with a human ...

My life's work is to try to improve the mental health of others. As times goes by I discover more about the richness of the human mind. Years of deeply honest conversations have brought wisdom for ...

Over a decade, scientists compared the genomes of 240 mammals to see how humans are the same — and different. By Carl Zimmer It has been 20 years since scientists put together the first rough draft of ...

Spoiler alert: Hershey’s didn’t make the list. Alexandra Domrongchai is a food and travel writer based out of New York. With years of experience in the restaurant industry, food culture research, and ...