2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1258+ words) A major new study found plaque in some adults under 30, suggesting that protecting the heart may need to begin decades before symptoms appear. For most of our lives, heart disease feels like a problem for the future. A healthy 25-year-old…...

4+ day, 49+ min ago   (36+ words) National Geographic September 10, 2026 | Donkeyland More from Nat Geo - Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information © 1996–2015 National Geographic Society© 2015–2026 National Geographic Partners, LLC...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (693+ words) Emerging science reveals that pelvic health depends on far more than muscle strength. In thousands of social media posts, women are urged to exercise their pelvic floor—sometimes via musical “squeeze-along” routines or inserting vaginal weights. The posts describe the…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (1098+ words) Researchers are studying the curious connection between autoimmune diseases and conditions like POTS and long COVID—in the hopes it might lead to more targeted treatments. In 2002, Sarah Schafer, a physician based in the San Francisco area, began to develop…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (883+ words) Still, the crisis after her third child did not look, or arrive, how she expected. It didn’t arrive in the weeks following her son’s birth. It slowly crept up a year later, when he weaned from breastfeeding. Instead of extreme…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (374+ words) After a spinal cord injury left Keith Thomas paralyzed, an experimental “double neural bypass” helped him grasp objects, feed himself, and feel his dog’s fur again. Chad Bouton, who heads the Feinstein team, describes the technology as “a hybrid system…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (650+ words) From microgravity to intense radiation risks, the quirks of space travel raises some big questions about how they might affect a developing fetus. After watching a space documentary, reproductive biologist Nicole McPherson got a curious question from her husband on…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (652+ words) The experimental mRNA vaccine successfully cleared phase 3 clinical trials, the last step necessary before it can be approved by the FDA. An experimental mRNA cancer vaccine prevented the return and spread of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (898+ words) Researchers have long debated why the Pacific's most skilled navigators suddenly resumed sailing after their "Long Pause." A new study offers a clue. These skilled mariners traversed huge distances of the Pacific Ocean to discover and settle previously unoccupied islands…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (536+ words) With global temperatures on the rise, researchers are confronting an increasingly urgent problem: the impact of extreme heat on expectant mothers and their babies. Ursela Salvador lives in Ngriil, a village in the small Pacific island nation of Palau, where…...