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Tamiflu can sometimes cause psychosis. You should probably still take it if your doctor prescribes it.

Different processes occur in the brains of jazz and classical pianists while playing the same piece of music, researchers report.

How could the oldest black holes have grown so big so early in the universe? --

When magnetic fields clash, they can rapidly unleash powerful explosions. Now scientists may have solved the decades-old mystery behind how these outbursts can happen so quickly. The findings could one day help explain t...

Researchers turn to neuroscience to help explain why some people are more creative than others.

Researchers reveal high salt intake reduces resting cerebral blood flow and can contribute to dementia in mice.

A hidden world of particles awaits. We don't need extra dimensions or parallel universes to have an alternate reality superimposed right on top of our own. Invisible matter is everywhere. For example, take neutrinos gene...

Possibilities range from a new burial chamber to a sealed-off construction passage.

Taking a view on unsettled science is always likely to cause controversy, but the fiery debate Johann Hari's new book has sparked is worth having, says Samantha Murphy

Thousands of websites are tricking people into mining cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, adblockers might be the only way to stop them

A new study from University of York researchers backs up previous findings that there is no evidence to support the theory that violent video games increase real life aggressive behavior in gamers.

McGill researchers reveal being bilingual may benefit children on the autism spectrum when it comes to executive function.

Researchers report brain alterations associated with heightened feelings of negative emotion and alienation in people who have a dependence on cannabis.

Advances in neural implants and genetic engineering suggest that in the not–too–distant future we may be able to boost human intelligence. If that's true, could we--and should we--bring our animal cousins along for t...

A new computer model has shown individual decisions can massively influence how bad global warming might get. Time to take the human factor seriously, says Adam Corner

The slick of oil condensate from a stricken tanker in the East China Sea is a threat to all marine life, not least because it is invisible

The Axion Dark Matter Experiment just entered the most sensitive phase yet in its search for invisible particles to explain the universe's hidden mass --

The find is the fifth-largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered.

Scientists used spiraling X-rays at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) to observe, for the first time, a property that gives handedness to swirling electric patterns - dubbed ...

Photons with energy higher than the band gap of the semiconductor absorbing them give rise to what are known as hot electrons. The extra energy in respect to the band gap is lost very fast, as it is converted into heat a...

ETH physicists have developed a silicon wafer that behaves like a topological insulator when stimulated using ultrasound. They have thereby succeeded in turning an abstract theoretical concept into a macroscopic product.

Turns out, there's a quantum speed limit.