Los Angeles Times

Researchers are nurturing a growing suspicion that body mass index, the height-weight calculation that distinguishes those with «normal healthy weight» from the overweight and obese, is not the whole picture […]

On the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Nimes in southern France, archaeologists have discovered the graves of three Muslim men that date back to the 8th century. The […]

A couple years ago, astronomers made a surprising discovery: A significant number of asteroids were missing from the central region of the solar system.

Physicians are seeing more instances of a birth defect in which infants are born with their intestines extruding from the stomach wall, with a particularly sharp rise among babies born […]

The next time your dog heads to his bowl for a drink, take a second to appreciate his mastery of fluid dynamics as he laps up gulp after gulp. Don’t […]

Today’s artificial intelligence may not be that clever, but it just got much quicker on the uptake. A learning program designed by a trio of researchers can now recognize and […]

NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has found thousands of prospective planets around nearby stars. But the trick is often in confirming whether they’re real or fakes. Now, a new study of gas […]

As the annual «season of giving» dawns, a new study finds that stark income inequity — a dramatically rising trend in the United States — makes the «haves» less generous

A cancer diagnosis is always upsetting, and that’s especially true when the patient is pregnant. A new study may reassure these patients that their babies can turn out fine despite […]