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Marijuana contains more than 500 active compounds. But most people focus on two: There’s cannabidiol, or CBD, which reduces inflammation. It tells your brain you’re hungry, and makes food smell and ...

The Trump administration is freezing, delaying and revoking funding for dementia research, setting back discoveries of ...

Scientists discovered two genes involved in hyperemesis gravidarum, a condition that can cause extreme nausea and vomiting ...

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The National Science Foundation, which funds key science and engineering research, is the latest U.S. agency to be disrupted ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., head of the Department of Health and Human Services, struck an alarmist tone about new findings that ...

New evidence shows plant leaves absorb airborne microplastics, a previously overlooked route for the particles to enter crops ...

Rather than resurrect extinct species, cloning technology could save those at risk of dying out, like the red wolf, but only ...