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From ideas of murder to irrational fears, intrusive thoughts afflict most people. But when David Adam's fear of catching HIV persisted, he developed OCD (full text available to subscribers)

Everyone's favorite furry aliens from Star Wars, the Ewoks, lived on the "forest moon of Endor". In scientific terms, the Ewok's home world would be referred to as an exomoon, or a moon that orbits any planet that orbits...

To learn about life as a Neanderthal look at children's graves.

Laboratory rats and mice have been part and parcel of scientific experimentation for over a century, but new research says lab rodents' fear of male scientists could skew findings.

It's commonly believed that dogs wag their tails to convey that they are happy and friendly, but this isn't exactly true.

The deadly tornado outbreak across the southeastern United States was tracked from space, as seen in this satellite video.

Medical marijuana can help treat some symptoms of multiple sclerosis (MS), but it doesn't appear to be beneficial in treating people with Parkinson's disease and several other neurological conditions.

Children and young adults who start taking antidepressants at high doses are more likely to think about or attempt suicide than those who start at the doses of antidepressants that are typically prescribed.

"Shin splints" refer to pain in the lower leg due to overworked and stressed muscles and bones.

Originally published: Apr 23 2014 - 12:45pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Ker Than, ISNS Contributor(ISNS) -- The birds and reptiles that inhabit the Galapagos Islands famously provided Charles Darwin with key insights...

A contusion, or bruise, is a reddish-purple discoloration of the skin that doesn't blanch, or turn white or pale, when pressed upon.

A massive 32,000-ton, stainless steel arch -- so large it could conceal the Statue of Liberty -- is being constructed to cover what's left of a nuclear reactor in Chernobyl that exploded in 1986.

Is there any bastion of human misery more wretched than the airline luggage check? Abandon all hope, ye who reach suitcase sizes exceeding 50 pounds. AirFrance-KLM, at least, is trying to ease the pain. They've developed...

Every year, the number of people suffering from shin splints peaks in April. Doctors explain the trend.

An elaborate array of linear stone lanes and V-shaped structures has been discovered on an underwater ridge in Lake Huron, marking what is thought to be the most complex set of ancient hunting structures ever found benea...

An elaborate array of linear stone lanes and V-shaped structures has been discovered on an underwater ridge in Lake Huron, marking what is thought to be the most complex set of ancient hunting structures ever found benea...

A Neolithic people in what is now Turkey switched from hunting to farming and herding within a few centuries, according to an archaeological investigation of layers of settlement built on top of one another.

(Phys.org) --Manganites - compounds of manganese oxides - show great promise as "go-to" materials for future electronic devices because of their ability to instantly switch from an electrical insulator to a conductor und...

The isolation of graphene at the University in 2004 led to the discovery of many other 2D crystals. While graphene has an unrivalled set of superlatives, these crystals cover a large range of properties: from the most co...

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have observed magnetic properties typically associated with those observed in rare-earth elements in iron. These properties are observed in a new iron based compou...

Archaeologists have discovered the final resting place of at least 50 royal Egyptians -- including princes, princesses and infants -- during recent excavations at the Valley of the Kings.

(Phys.org) --Scientists at the Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have observed magnetic properties typically associated with those observed in rare-earth elements in iron. These properties are observed in a new iron...