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People who play a musical instrument may tend to have better physical and mental health, studies have shown. Even taking up an instrument in old age may help, research suggests.

From the US to Sweden, moose are dying, and researchers worry that it is a sign that climate change will have a devastating effect on the world's northern forests     

Finding a giant oarfish on the beach is a rare occurrence, since the fish is a deepwater species that's rarely seen at all. Some are claiming that oarfish washing ashore is a sign that an earthquake will soon follow. Can...

Researchers are helping to prevent costly and deadly infections acquired by hospitalized patients by using computer models that simulate interactions between patients and health care workers to determine if these interac...

Inspired by natural process that silences one copy of female mammals' two sex-determining X chromosomes during embryonic development, researchers develop way to silence extra chromosome of trisomy 21, or Down syndrome.

Single women who are homeless visit a hospital emergency department an average of more than twice a year, 13 times more often than women in the general population, new research has found.

Researchers have developed a method that can rapidly screen human stem cells and better control what they will turn into. The technology could have potential use in regenerative medicine and drug development.

A team of scientists has created an artificial protein coupled with a sugar molecule that mimics a key site on the outer coat of HIV where antibodies can bind to neutralize a wide variety of HIV strains.

A study has been conducted to test whether oxytocin enhances the placebo response in an experimental placebo analgesia model.

Receiving an influenza vaccination was associated with a lower risk of major adverse cardiovascular events such as heart failure or hospitalization for heart attack, with the greatest treatment effect seen among patients...

Exactly what it means for a pregnancy to be "full term" is changing, doctors say.

Public opinion on pot legalization appears to have crossed a major threshold: For the first time, a Gallup poll found that a solid majority of American adults supports making marijuana legal.

A dung beetle in Africa has traded flight for galloping, picking up dried feces along the way.

Getting a flu shot may reduce the risk of major heart problems, such as heart attacks or unexpected chest pain, particularly in people with a recent history of such complications, a new study suggests.

How can you make roads safer for drivers? One company, known as Pro-Teq, is testing glow-in-the-dark material that can be sprayed onto roadways to help illuminate the way for night drivers.

Google's quantum lab has released a version of the computer game designed to teach players about the weird principles of quantum mechanics     

Fires in New South Wales, Australia, have been stoked by record high temperatures and record low moisture, with gusting winds making flames unpredictable and dangerous. Hundreds of homes have been destroyed in the Blue M...

New observations from ESO's Very Large Telescope show for the first time a gas cloud being ripped apart by the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, as seen in this space wallpaper.

An upcoming app aims to make avoiding foodborne illness a little easier, whether at home or dinning out.

(Phys.org) --Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have successfully added a fourth dimension to their printing technology, opening up exciting possibilities for the creation and use of adaptive, composite ma...

One year ago, what would become Superstorm Sandy, one of the worst hurricanes in U.S. history, first formed in over the Caribbean Sea.

A new catalogue produced by the European Space Agency gives sage advice on visiting extreme sites on Earth that mimic Mars or the moon