We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
In mice, the oral bacteria F. nucleatum can travel to mammary tissue via the bloodstream, where it can damage healthy cells.
A new study finds that humans and AI spot different kinds of deepfakes — hinting at the need to team up to fight them.
Procrastination in young adulthood is not set in stone, though change is difficult, a long-term study shows.
A modeling study of Norway, which has high HPV vaccination coverage and uniform cervical cancer screening, suggests fewer screens could be needed.
Researchers estimate that roughly 12 percent of U.S. dementia cases could be tied to insomnia.
The chemicals are widely used for crowd control, but their long-term health risks are poorly understood.
Thinking positive increased a specific brain region's activity and might have heightened immune response after a shot.
New research challenges the view that human life span depends mostly on lifestyle. Genes may account for half the factors that determine longevity.
A new artificial lung system might keep people without lungs alive for weeks. Like real lungs, tubes and pumps oxygenate blood and maintain blood flow.
