When does that seasonal suntan become a risk for melanoma? At what point could those extra pounds trigger diabetes? Could severe head injuries tip one over into Alzheimer’s disease? In the larger ...

From Shakopee, Minn., listen to Bruce Paul, 56, a vintage car mechanic laid off in January and unemployed for the first time since Richard Nixon was president. Today he and his wife spend their days ...

Welcome to The Data Point, a series from the NBC News Data Graphics team that explains a slice of the latest news through charts and visuals. Hospitals in almost half the states of the country are, on ...

In America, where happiness is a pursuit protected by the Constitution, something few nations have, does stress mess with that pursuit and other features of our life and leave some of us miserable and ...

The new Thermal Trace app allows users to explore thermal stress and related data from 1940 until five days before present, for anywhere in the world. The app, free for users, was developed by the ...

Earthquakes are some of nature’s most destructive forces, but what if we could better predict where they might strike? A new global stress map, based on more than 100,000 measurements, reveals areas ...