We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
The drug enlicitide reduced cholesterol for adults with high levels due to an inherited disorder and may also work for a broader population.
Interruptions, to-do lists, lack of autonomy — “time poverty” depends more on perceived shortages of time than actual ones, recent research suggests.
After a decades-long hiatus, new world screwworm populations have surged in Central America and Mexico — and are inching northward.
A child-friendly brain imaging technique is just one way neuroscientist Cat Camacho investigates how children learn to process emotions.
No, aliens had nothing to do with a winding 1.5-kilometer-long path of holes. First used as a market, the Inca then repurposed it for tax collection.
From blaming the victim to replying "I have no interest in your life" to suicidal thoughts, AI chatbots can respond unethically when used for therapy.
A safety device helped maintain a buried person’s oxygen levels for up to 35 minutes, tests show, buying crucial time for an avalanche rescue.
Cancer patients who got an mRNA COVID vaccine within a few months of their immunotherapy lived longer than those who did not, health records show.
Scientists have linked bipedalism to changes in how the human pelvis developed millions of years ago.
