1 Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China 2 Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China The final, formatted version of the article ...

If a pair of pants you haven’t worn in a while feels tight, you might look at your belly and make a New Year’s resolution: ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered interest rates again in a continued effort to keep the labor market intact, despite objections from several key Fed officials who believe the central bank ...

NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced to close higher on Wednesday, as a flurry of economic data kept expectations elevated for an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week, while ...

Ultra-endurance athletes can push their bodies to extraordinary extremes, but even they run into a hard biological wall. Researchers tracked ultra-runners, cyclists, and triathletes over weeks and ...

Of the 14 athletes studied in this research, ten competed in ultramarathons and ran up to about 7,000 miles over the course of the year. Ashley Cooper via Getty Images Ultra-endurance athletes can ...

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — For an entire year, researchers followed 14 of the world’s most extreme endurance athletes, measuring every calorie they burned during brutal competitions and punishing training ...

What’s the maximum number of calories that a human body can burn per day from exercise? And is it possible to shatter this number – the ‘metabolic ceiling’ – over time? These are questions that a ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. It’s hard not to admire marathon and ultra-runners for their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have long hypothesized about a theoretical limit to human energy use. Yet elite endurance athletes are constantly ...