A new study examined baby teeth and found there are critical windows early in a child's life when their developing brains are particularly vulnerable to exposures to metals in the environment.

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report that early-life exposure to common environmental metals may influence brain development and behavioral health more than a decade later ...

Lockheed Martin encountered development problems with its latest F-16 configuration, denting earnings along with issues on the C-130J Hercules. On the F-16 configuration for Taiwan and Morocco, “we ...

British geologist and naturalist William Pengelly identified the object as a badger tooth. Trustees of the Natural History Museum In 1867, British geologist and naturalist William Pengelly found an ...

The identity of a mysterious artifact found in Devon almost 160 years ago has finally been revealed. New research has identified it as a pendant made from the tooth of a gray seal, which would have ...

(KGTV) — A story you may have heard recently claims to show a fossilized rock with a set of human-looking teeth. Some are speculating it's just an AI creation, but it's real. A woman found it on an ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

Teeth help animals bite and chew food. Meat-eating carnivores tend to have sharp teeth to sink into their prey, while herbivores tend to have flatter teeth to grind down their plant-based meals. Some ...

Losing teeth has meant artificial replacements for centuries. Japanese researchers at Kyoto University Hospital are changing that with human trials of a drug that regrows natural teeth. By 2030, ...

Would you regrow a tooth instead of getting an implant? Researchers in Japan are eying molecule USAG-1, a protein that limits tooth growth, as a key. Annual governors' gathering with White House ...