Russell Mclendon

Researchers have developed a novel compound that could transform the way we treat Alzheimer's disease, offering not just a new weapon but potentially a new strategy for battling the most common form of dementia worldwide.

About 7,300 years ago, a volcano off Japan's Kyushu island unleashed what remains the largest known eruption of the Holocene, our current geological epoch.

An eruption at Mount Etna in July 2021. (Salvatore Allegra Photography/Moment/Getty Images)

Naps can be amazing. They can rejuvenate you in a variety of ways, such as boosting alertness, reaction time, memory, and problem-solving.

Illustration of human lymphocytes. (Ruslanas Baranauskas/Science Photo Library)

Jizo statues at Zōjō-ji Temple in Tokyo representing unborn children. (Tatters/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

We all get old eventually if we're lucky, but not always at the same rate.

Interior of the Pantheon, Rome. (Francesco Riccardo Iacomino/Moment/Getty Images)

Our love of sugar once helped our foraging ancestors get more bang for their buck from rare, high-energy foods.

How do you handle disappointment? Are you sometimes defiant, doubling down in the face of failure, or do you typically adapt with aplomb?