A study in 'The Lancet' indicates that 1.5 million deaths could be avoided through prevention, and another 800,000 if all women had access to optimal care

What are known as fairy circles are circular patterns that appear naturally in arid areas. They are circles of bare soil surrounded by rings of vegetation, which until now had only been described in the desert regions of…

Experts attribute this phenomenon to rising risk factors, such as poor diet, obesity, sedentary lifestyle or changes in reproductive factors.

Some uses of artificial intelligence amaze us and others scare us, but this one could forever change how we understand life in the universe. A team of researchers led by the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington…