Only 40% of adults meet criteria for obesity when BMI alone is used. A new definition of obesity could nearly double the prevalence of U.S. adults with the condition, according to a study published ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

Animal-rights groups have long been at odds with the U.S. government, which subsidizes meat and dairy production and spends billions of dollars on animal research every year. But in some ways, they’ve ...

Discrepancies in long COVID definitions hinder accurate diagnosis and treatment, necessitating a standardized definition for better clinical and research outcomes. A study identified five common ...

Psychological science has struggled to define the questionable research practices (QRPs) that can undermine the integrity of scientific findings. Now, an international team of researchers has not only ...

Abstract: In this paper, a multicarrier sliceable bandwidth variable transponder based on optical frequency comb (OFC) is proposed. The structure of the transponder’s internal switching unit is ...

New research by the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration has produced the clearest images yet of the universe’s infancy — the earliest cosmic time yet accessible to humans. The researchers ...

Megan Molteni reports on discoveries from the frontiers of genomic medicine, neuroscience, and reproductive tech. She joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at WIRED. You can reach ...

The Valve Academic Research Consortium for High Bleeding Risk (VARC-HBR) has recently introduced a consensus document that outlines risk factors to identify high bleeding risk in patients undergoing ...

You’re a curious one, aren’t you? Always asking questions and trying to understand the world around you. That’s the heart of research, having an inquisitive mind and desire to dig deeper. When you ...