Rebecca Dyer

WASHINGTON (AP) – While millions of soccer fans cheer or groan over World Cup matches spanning North America, health officials will be on high alert for germs. A heat wave may be the most obvious health threat.

The colon is about one and a half meters long and plays a vital role in moving waste through the body.

For years, flavour additives in e-cigarettes have been largely viewed as a secondary concern compared with nicotine.

The Moon and Venus seen in 2023 from Kuwait City. (YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/Getty Images)

Casey Harrell using a brain-implant interface. (Regents of the University of California, Davis)

We all know getting a good night's sleep is vital to the healthy functioning of our bodies, but the importance of sleep goes much further than you might realize.

This Week in Science: A moving country, a cosmic first, and much more!

Illustration of the vagus nerve. (Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)

The ketogenic diet has become one of the world's most popular eating plans.

A child looks out from the observation deck of the CN Tower as smoke from wildfires blankets the city of Toronto on 16 July 2026. (Cole Burston/The Canadian Press via AP)