With the amounts of money players are earning in today's NBA, becoming multi-millionaires at a young age and grasping all that life offers, there is no denying that playing in the Association seems ...

Dear A.T.R.: Both colds and influenza (the "flu") are respiratory illnesses that are caused by viruses. Influenza is caused specifically by the influenza viruses, which come in two main types (A and B ...

You know by now that the difference between a good football team, a middling football team and a great football team isn’t whose quarterback throws prettiest passes or which coaches’ schemes are the ...

Poliomyelitis, also known as polio, is a contagious disease caused by the poliovirus. Thanks to the development of effective vaccines, the poliovirus has been largely eradicated and was endemic in ...

The Netflix showdown between Jake Paul and Gervonta "Tank" Davis is just around the corner, with less than a month left before they step into the ring for a 10-round exhibition bout in Florida on Nov.

It's no secret that California has some of the best surf spots in the country, from Malibu's Surfrider Beach, home to a world-class point break, to Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz, where the sport made its ...

Researchers have engineered a courtship ritual from one species of fruit fly into another using genetic modification. A Japanese research team tweaked a single gene in the fly Drosophila melanogaster, ...

Women are affected by severe depression twice as often as men. The reasons for this have not yet been fully clarified. One potential factor is sex-specific differences in the blood-brain barrier. This ...