Health and medicine advances emerge alongside environmental health threats and regulatory concerns over digital platforms and workplace safety.

Scientists discover gut microbiome changes can reveal Parkinson's disease risk, with signature changes more pronounced in people with genetic predisposition, raising hopes for new therapies.

NASA's Curiosity rover detected organic molecules on Mars, including chemical building blocks of life that may have been preserved for 3.5 billion years.

Gibraltar's macaque monkeys have learned to eat soil to counter stomach irritation from tourist junk food, demonstrating behavioral adaptation to human interference.

Cocaine pollution in rivers and lakes may disrupt salmon behavior, with fish swimming further and dispersing more widely after exposure to environmental drug levels.

UK watchdog Ofcom launches investigation into Telegram over alleged child sexual abuse material sharing on the messaging platform.

Amazon faces renewed scrutiny over workplace safety record as workers and advocates say injury rates and treatment of injured staff remain problematic.