Well, today is Valentine's Day, which means love and connection are on people's minds, and I recently met someone who studies one form of affection, kissing. Matilda Brindle is an evolutionary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Breezy Johnson with her gold medal in the alpine ski women's downhill race on Feb. 8. (Andy Wong/AP) Breaking news: We’re less ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

People with lighter skin tend to have more moles than those with darker skin. Family history and genetics can influence the number of moles you have. Wearing sunscreen every day and avoiding tanning ...

Ilia Malinin, a 21-year-old Olympic figure skater who has gone undefeated for over two years, lives up to his nickname. Malinin, dubbed the “Quad God,” helped secure a gold medal for Team USA at the ...

An expert tells PEOPLE why pacemakers have Bluetooth technology, and how it can help locate Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother Nathan Congleton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty The Bluetooth ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. NEW YORK — Rhonda James was skeptical when her husband ordered a weighted blanket for her online. But five minutes ...

Neuroscientist Karen Konkoly is a lucid dreamer. When she’s asleep and immersed in a dream, she knows that she is, in fact, dreaming. One of her favorite things to do during these sleep sojourns is ...

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Renita White, MD, is an obstetrician/gynecologist at Georgia Obstetrics and Gynecology in Atlanta, Georgia. Her areas of expertise include fibroids, irregular vaginal ...

The findings may help explain why this group has such exceptional memory. By Dana G. Smith Many people’s brains deteriorate as they age, becoming riddled with malfunctioning proteins that result in ...

An Army combat veteran now living in the Midwest was dealing with multiple injuries by the time he finished his military service. He’d suffered a traumatic brain injury after his vehicle struck an IED ...