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About 50 years after having surgery, a man sought medical help for a rather unusual condition.

The universe is teeming with galaxies, but gravity distorts our view of them. Astrophysicists with the ongoing Dark Energy Survey have now collected giant catalogs of the distorted shapes of 24 million distant galaxies, ...

The world's biggest ad agency has just hired its first AI creative director - a clever stunt or the beginning of the end for its human counterparts?

For the band ArcAttack, harnessing the power of 1 million volts of electricity -- and turning that energy into music -- is business as usual.

The crucibles that bore out early building blocks of life may have been, in many cases, modest puddles.

Up to 20 percent of patients with high risk of relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are not cured. That could change with the results from a clinical trial that shows giving high doses of a commonly-used chemoth...

For some types of autism, gastrointestinal problems may originate from the same genetic changes that lead to the behavioral and social characteristics of the condition, report researchers after having found evidence in m...

Researchers developed a nanogel that enables the growth of new neurons. Working with animal models, researchers were able to cross the electroencephalic barrier, introduce a nanogel and achieve the growth of neurons with...

Researchers have long-known that visceral fat -- the kind that wraps around the internal organs -- is more dangerous than subcutaneous fat that lies just under the skin around the belly, thighs and rear. But how visceral...

Over the last 50 years, political rights for lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) individuals have significantly broadened in some countries, while they have narrowed in others. In many parts of the world, political and popu...

Current medical research and literature may be overemphasizing the role that hospital volume plays in patient outcomes, according to a study by researchers.

Could bacteria in your gut be used to cure or prevent neurological conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety or even depression? Two researchers think that's a strong possibility.

The recent announcement that a young paralysed man in Ohio in the US named Ian Burkhart managed to regain the use of his fingers after having a chip implanted in his brain is an exciting step forward for science and heal...

A lab-based study seems to have discovered a way of 'reversing' symptoms for Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases. The researchers have demonstrated that genetic and pharmacological approaches can be used to lower levels...

A system of modular proteins that can be used to track or manipulate RNA inside living cells has been developed by researchers. The new strategy is based on human RNA-binding proteins that normally help guide embryonic d...

Astrocytes help control the strength of connections between neurons, new research shows. The study used cultured cells and brain slices to show that astrocytes in the hippocampus regulate changes in the brain brought on ...

A 24-hour exposure to bright blue light before surgery reduces inflammation and organ damage at the cellular level in a mouse model, according to new research.

Astronomers are highly aware that the vast majority of matter in our universe is invisible, or 'dark.' So what the heck is it? Well, now we have a good idea as to what it probably isn't.

Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and technology to work in the world.

Prion proteins are infamous for their role in mad cow disease, but they also help yeasts form memories. They have now been discovered in plants

Exposing mice to blue light for 24 hours can reduce common post-surgical organ damage called reperfusion injury. Trials will soon begin in humans

Repeated impacts to the heads of high school football players cause measurable changes in their brains, even when no concussion occurs, according to new research.