(Buena Vista Images/Getty Images) Like young blood, young poop is making headlines for its potential to reverse age-related decline in mice. Now, a new study has flipped the script: The poop of older ...

If you've ever entered your favorite bookstore, set for some quality time looking for your next read only to be beset with an urge, you're not alone.

This week in science: a major cancer analysis links most new cases to just two lifestyle habits; how poop transplants from the young could rejuvenate aging guts; a surprising new factor in kidney ...

Frequency is another important indicator of health. Most people poop once a day, but the NHS advises that it’s normal to ...

A group of young students became bonafide biomedical scientists before they even started high school. Through a partnership with a nearby university, the middle schoolers collected and analyzed ...

As Mathilde Poyet ushers me through the Global Microbiome Conservancy’s laboratory in Kiel, Germany, I’m met with all sorts of state-of-the-art equipment. It’s an impressive facility, with typical lab ...