FOR years, oral hygiene and visiting the dentist have never been a challenge. Your suffering has stemmed from reasons other than the very common dental problems. On your list of problems appears bad ...

Halitosis, or bad breath, often creeps up unnoticed, rooted in daily habits and health issues. From poor oral hygiene to dietary choices, understanding the causes can help you tackle this common ...

Commissioning Editor, Health + Medicine and Host of Strange Health podcast, The Conversation The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone. Give it enough time and the right ...

The human body, it turns out, is surprisingly good at making stone. Give it enough time and the right conditions and it will go about crystallising minerals, hardening secretions and, in rare cases, ...

The Thoen Stone from the Black Hills of South Dakota appears to be a gold prospector's desperate final message, but it remains an enigma The Thoen Stone, purportedly inscribed in 1834, has been an ...

In an unexpected finding, a UCLA-led team has discovered that bacteria are present inside the most common type of kidney stone, revealing a previously unrecognized component involved in their ...

NEWPORT, Oregon — Oregon’s winter months offer a roller coast ride of sorts in the great outdoors, when wind and rain are often followed by stunning sunny days. We travelled to the rugged edge of ...

Pink boulders led scientists to a massive granite formation buried under Antarctica’s ice, solving a decades-old geological mystery.

You don't know Windows 11 as well as you think you do. I reveal all the strange, brilliant, and downright surprising features you've probably missed in the Settings app. Chris Hoffman is the author of ...

Hidden Reach is a CSIS special initiative that shines light on under-appreciated sources of China's far-reaching influence through open-source data and satellite imagery. China is increasingly a ...

The best lab-grown diamonds are from retailers with stellar reputations and a stunning array to pick from: Blue Nile tops our list for 2026. To determine the best places to buy lab-grown diamonds, we ...