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: ...

These days, everyone from the average Susan to the hardcore data-loving wellness enthusiast has the technology to track just about anything in the name of self-optimization. A ring wearable tells you ...

A Federal Reserve split over where its priorities should lie cut its key interest rate Wednesday in a 9-3 vote, but signaled a tougher road ahead for further reductions. The FOMC's "dot plot" ...

Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams said he sees room to lower interest rates again in the near term as the labor market softens, reviving investor expectations for a December ...

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 ...

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the number of calories your body needs to perform basic functions while at rest. Many calculators can estimate your BMR, but factors like age, sex assigned at birth, and ...

Putting people into sleep mode is a sci-fi concept that's a lot closer to becoming real than you might think. Erin Belback is part of an ongoing human trial backed by NASA that aims to replicate the ...

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 ...

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 ...