Disc Medicine finalised the pivotal Phase III trial design of bitopertin in erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) with the FDA ...

A better night’s sleep? Happier mood? A strange rash? Spending time in the sun has upsides and downsides you’ve never heard ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for generating electricity in ...

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“That way, I spend half an hour in the sunlight first thing in the morning and it helps me sleep better.” Dr. Mark Hyman, founder of the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

LOVE Island All Stars bombshell Ekin-Su will stun her co-stars by faking an orgasm - as she shows off her acting skills. The former Turkish soap star threw herself into a racy game in the villa ...

On Jan. 15, the sun will oppose Mars retrograde, triggering a cosmic standoff between your ego and your emotions. This is the kind of transit that could make you feel like you’re caught in a tug ...

The reversal could actually have a beneficial effect on Earth. The sun is on the verge of a significant event: a magnetic field reversal. The sun undergoes such a reversal every 11 years ...

The Sun has just dropped its latest album. With all the boiling and bubbling gases, our closest star is a seriously noisy place. But you’ll never be able to ‘hear’ it because space is a ...

As winter brings its frosty embrace, the allure of staying indoors becomes hard to resist. Yet, prolonged avoidance of sunlight can take a toll on both your physical and mental health. Beyond ...

Researchers have discovered the origins of a 200-year-old volcanic eruption that ejected so much sulfur into the atmosphere that it changed the climate and made the sun look blue. In 1831 ...