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Get ready to get your hands dirty and eat heartily. An Italian chef in southern Italy is resurrecting an ancient cooking method that makes the most tender, fall-apart lamb.

Nestled in their heated den, the newborn cheetah cubs at Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute spend their days doing what just about any young animal does — a lot of sleeping. What makes these cubs special, however, is their dedicated online audience, checking in from all over the world to monitor the growing babies and experience their developmental milestones.

Waiting lists for smell and taste specialists are many months long, but you need help now. Here's how to make sure you get the proper diagnosis and treatment you need.

Children as young as 2 are turning into coffee drinkers — and that doesn't take into account other caffeinated beverages such as sodas, teas and sports drinks. What is all that caffeine doing to kids?

Black smoke appears to rise from chimney-like formations of the hottest and deepest known hydrothermal vents on Earth.

Abbott Labs said Friday that it is recalling certain lots of 2 fluid ounce/59 milliliter bottles of Ready-to-Feed liquid formula for infants and children due to a problem with the bottle caps on some bottles that may not have sealed completely and could result in spoilage.

Imparting life lessons to your own kids is part and parcel of parenting, but what about doing that for other people's children? Aaron Gouveia wrestled with that question when his young son came to him crying because an older kid kept calling him gay.

The skin of a 67-million-year-old dinosaur has revealed bites and gashes from an ancient crocodile, and how its flesh was ripped apart may explain why it became mummified.

US health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about this year's flu season -- and are already seeing signs that the virus is spreading.

Poor mental health among teens in the United States was a concern before the Covid-19 pandemic, and major disruptions to school and social life since early 2020 have only exacerbated the situation.

We know changes in the weather and seasons can affect mood, causing run-of-the-mill rainy-day blues and seasonal affective disorder. Now, it's also important to recognize the harmful mental and physical health effects of long-term climate change.

Astronomers have spotted an unexpected chemical element high within the atmosphere of two sizzling exoplanets where liquid iron and gems rain down from the skies.

New testing on a variety of popular branded sports bras and athletic wear has revealed high levels of BPA, a chemical compound that's used to make certain types of plastic and can lead to harmful health effects such as asthma, cardiovascular disease and obesity.

Practices in which kids don't pummel each other are exactly what the authors of a new study say it may take to reduce the number of chronic brain problems in high school football players without getting rid of the sport altogether.

After the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, an obstetrician who works at a hospital in the Northeast thought she could make a difference by publicly describing what she was seeing, by telling the stories of the patients she saw suffering in the aftermath of the court's historic court ruling.

Covid-19 patients with a history of cardiovascular disease are at an increased risk of developing severe illness and could benefit most from the Covid-19 treatment Paxlovid -- but there's a catch.

SpaceX said Wednesday that it has booked yet another mission around the moon for a wealthy thrill-seeker on its forthcoming Starship spacecraft.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off Wednesday on the use of updated Covid-19 boosters for children as young as 5. Earlier in the day, the US Food and Drug Administration expanded the shots' emergency use authorization to include this age group.

Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced it would no longer be maintaining a country-by-country travel advisory of Covid-19 risk. Instead of assessing the level of Covid-19 infection in each country, the CDC will post notices only when there are new variants or other situations that would change its travel recommendations.