Elephant Genes Hold Cancer-Fighting Secret
Cancer is less prevalent in elephants than in humans, in part because the giant animals have more copies of a gene that suppresses tumor growth, a new study finds.
Cancer is less prevalent in elephants than in humans, in part because the giant animals have more copies of a gene that suppresses tumor growth, a new study finds.
Wearing a bicycle helmet may seem like a no-brainer, but preteens and teens tend not to wear them, even though helmets dramatically decrease the odds of a traumatic brain injury, a new study finds.
About 9 million U.S. children are susceptible to measles, either because they haven't received the vaccine against the viral disease or because they aren't up to date with their shots.
Sure, the seasonally themed Whopper will turn your poop green, but that's not really anything to worry about.
Corals are dying across the planet. The culprit? Ever-increasing temperatures are stressing out corals' colorful partners called zooxanthellae. The result? Bleached-white corals.
Our universe is actually really simple, it's just our cosmological theories that are getting needlessly complex, argues one of the world's leading theoretical physicists.
For only the third time on record, coral bleaching is occurring across the globe and climate change is to blame.
Ebola survivor Dr. Ian Crozier says he continues to experience long-term effects from the disease, including hearing loss and seizures.
The new National Geographic Series (premiering Nov. 1st, 2015) digs deep into modern discoveries in health, Earth sciences, and technologies. Each episode has a different director, including Ron Howard, Angela Bassett, Peter Berg and more.
What does actor Paul Giamatti know about cyborgs? A surprising amount, it turns out, and he's ready to share it on "Breakthrough," a new National Geographic Channel series that dives into groundbreaking research.
A common explanation for why people believe wild conspiracy theories falls flat.
By blocking a single protein, researchers were able to stop the firing of the nerves that are linked with migraines, a new study in rats finds.
Antioxidants are often touted as cancer-fighters, but a new study shows the compounds may actually speed the spread of melanoma.
Badgers are small mammals that are ferocious hunters and members of the largest family of carnivores.
A newly described species of rodent has a nose like a cute little piglet, ears that only a mother could love and teeth that would make Dracula run in fear.