Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Scleractinian corals, also known as stony corals, are marine ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 76-year-old woman in what I thought was excellent health. On a recent coronary calcium CT scan that was ordered because of my age and slightly elevated cholesterol, an ...

Lung nodules are clusters of cells found during an x-ray or CT scan that appear as more dense or white spots in the lungs. They might surprise you because lung nodules generally do not cause symptoms, ...

Incidental pulmonary nodules are a common finding on chest imaging, but one program is taking an uncommon approach to managing them. Incidental nodules present a growing diagnostic and management ...

Clare Fieseler's and Jason Jaacks' reporting was supported by a grant from the Pulitzer Center and co-published with the Post and Courier. Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, ...

This work was supported by the Pulitzer Center. On July 22, 2024, a team of researchers released a shocking discovery: Deep-sea rocks appear to be producing oxygen in the blackness of the ocean’s ...

When researchers discovered evidence of “dark oxygen” last year, the news spread around the world, but the biggest challenge to the science comes from its funders This story was supported by a grant ...

Despite the rising incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), extra-articular manifestations have become rare in the era of modern treat-to-target therapy. However, they still present clinical challenges ...

An AI tool in Epic is helping detect lung cancer early — and could expand to more use cases. Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network continues to see results from the technology since ...

Voice changes that linger can be easy to brush off—until they start interfering with daily life. Marisa Ryan, MD, voice specialist at University of Utah Health, discusses the causes of vocal cord ...

Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with "aggressive" prostate cancer on May 16 Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with cancer on May 16, days after a "small nodule" was found on his ...