Ashley P. Taylor

The brains of people with depression have fewer astrocytes, a type of brain cell, according to a small study.

A bladder stone had formed on the device.

Here's another reason to cook your meat and take care around cat litter.

The story behind the face of the CPR dummy.

Whether or not it affects the heart, eating batteries is dangerous.

The study researchers recruited some brave human and canine volunteers for a unique experiment.

The passenger looked like he was having a stroke. But a doctor on board determined the patient had an unusual yet temporary condition.

Wouldn't it be easier if our teeth didn't feel pain?

Is there a purpose to these repeated "hics"?

Compostable products are all the rage these days. But what happens to these items — including compostable straws and silverware — when they're thrown into a landfill instead of a compost heap?

And even those patches of pristine ocean are unprotected.

Simply put, your body can't turn fat into muscle. And the reverse is also true: Your body can't turn muscle into fat, either. Here's why.

In 1977, the Explorers Club received an odd gift. Unable to attend a whaling exhibition, a couple sent a regrets note and a sperm whale foreskin, mounted and stuffed.

After bulls have finished their single fight, which just about always ends in their death, what happens to the animals? Do they end up on your dinner plate

The sugar industry may have downplayed studies showing that eating too much sugar can cause heart disease, and instead tried to place the blame on too much fat in the diet, a new study says.

Tom Ford thinks a lot about death, he recently told The Hollywood Reporter. And psychologists say that many of us do the same.

Two puppies born in October are identical twins, a genetic analysis confirms.

The proteins that sea anemones use to repair their feathery tentacles could also one day be used to fix damaged cells in a mammal's ear.

How did the Pentagon get its name? Well, that's a no-brainer. But how did the Department of Defense headquarters get its shape? That's a longer story.

Skydiver Luke Aikins became the first person to jump from a plane without a parachute or wingsuit this past weekend. How did the daredevil pull off such a heart-stopping stunt?

Here's what gives "asparagus pee" that sulfurous smell and why some people just can't detect the odor.

Freak-outs on the road can be considered a mental disorder, or at the very least, may stem from brain abnormalities.

People are more likely to survive cardiac arrest if they live below the third floor, a new study finds.