(MedPage Today) -- Weaker and more fragmented circadian rhythms in older adults were associated with elevated dementia risk, prospective data showed. (Neurology) A meta-analysis found no significant link between menopause...

(MedPage Today) -- At the recent American Society of Hematology annual meeting, researchers presented preclinical data examining how transdifferentiation between hematopoietic lineages -- driven by LMO2 expression and p53 loss...

An image captured by a telescope at the Grasslands Observatory in Arizona. The “x” is where E. E. Barnard saw his mystery starTim Hunter et al. (2025) A star that...

(MedPage Today) -- Over 75% of U.S. adults have obesity under a global Lancet Commission's new definition of obesity, which includes three anthropometric measures along with body mass index. (JAMA...

(MedPage Today) -- Last January, N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, compared HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to a broken clock: even he might stumble onto the right answer a...

(MedPage Today) -- Measuring treatment success in Sjögren's disease requires more than tracking systemic disease activity alone. Fatigue, pain, dryness, and daily function often drive patients' quality of life and...

Valar Atomics’ Ward 250 reactor under constructionDaria Nagovitz/Valar Atomics Despite providing nearly a fifth of US electricity generation, nuclear power in the country has stagnated for decades. Regulatory hurdles, public...

Achieving a healthy weight could become more and more attainable as time goes onMerch Hub/Shutterstock The past few years have seen the emergence of highly effective drugs for treating obesity,...

Flocean’s subsea desalination podFlocean Turning seawater into drinking water is so costly and energy-intensive that it’s untenable in most parts of the world, but a Norwegian company is trialling a...

The MMX probe will visit Mars’s moonsJAXA The mystery of how Mars acquired its moons, Phobos and Deimos, may start to be unravelled in 2026 with the launch of a...

Visual China Group via Getty Images In Roald Dahl’s novel James and the Giant Peach, magic crystals cause a withered peach tree to produce a spectacular, juicy, house-sized peach. How...

Russia shows off its weaponry at a military parade in MoscowMikhail Svetlov/Getty Images In February 2026, for the first time in decades, there will be no active treaty limiting the...

A drastic surge in demand has put drugs like Wegovy, Victoza and Ozempic in short supplyMichael Siluk/Alamy The blockbuster weight-loss drug semaglutide and its rivals promise to help reverse the...

plainpicture/Michiru Nakayama Lots of science books will be published over the course of the coming year – tonnes, in fact. After spending last month wading through the books and publisher...

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Strife will be a highlight of MarchJoby Sessions/SFX Magazine/Future via Getty Images I may have to eat my hat later, but I reckon 2026 is shaping...

For me, this year is going to be all about self-care via the stars. It has been 20 years since I first felt palpable envy at someone being able to...

Artist’s rendering of the Reflect Orbital satellitesReflect Orbital A controversial scheme will begin to reflect sunlight to Earth with satellites next year, so that dark places can be temporarily lit...

travelpixpro/Getty Images Pledging to lose weight is a common New Year’s resolution, particularly after the excesses of the holiday season. In years gone by, that would mean a new January...

A marsh deer escaping a forest fire in Poconé, Mato Grosso, in 2020Lalo de Almeida Science Museum How can these four pictures be images of the same region? What force...

If your windowsills are anything like mine, they are filling up with the first batches of seed sowings for the year ahead. The challenge is that seedlings raised in the...