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Researchers provide further evidence that physical activity can help to protect people from developing depressive symptoms.

Imagine you're a spider marooned on a post in the middle of a large lake. A human might fret over escaping such a trap, but as a spider, you know just what to do. You raise your rear end to the breeze, shoot out a spray ...

Solar flares, cosmic radiation, and the northern lights are well known phenomena. But exactly how their enormous energy arises is not as well understood. Now, physicists at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have...

If Earth were to spin in the opposite direction, it would transform the world as we know it.

Roboticists have developed an eel-like robot that uses artificial muscles to help propel itself through water.

A red blood cell stuck to a swimming E. coli bacterium can be steered using magnetism and induced to release drugs on demand - perhaps avoiding side effects

Thousands of criminal cases are under review, forensic labs are failing to meet basis standards and some are just going bust. Where did it all go wrong?

Research exchanges could help open up North Korea and reduce long-standing tensions with South Korea and its allies -if politicians will allow it, says Mark Zastrow.

The increasing ability to create mini human brains in labs or integrate human cells into animal brains is rightly provoking worries about their use, says Alex Pearlman

Using neuroimaging and mathematical graph theory, researchers discover it is possible to detect those at risk of developing psychosis by examining cortical folding.

A new study measures individual differences in perceptual capacity. Findings suggest people have a consistent level of performance across different measures of perception.

Perhaps the strangest prediction of quantum theory is entanglement, a phenomenon whereby two distant objects become intertwined in a manner that defies both classical physics and a common-sense understanding of reality. ...

In recent years, nanofabricated mechanical oscillators have emerged as a promising platform for quantum information applications. Quantum entanglement of engineered optomechanical resonators would offer a compelling rout...

A Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory research team has developed an exceptional next-generation material for nuclear radiation detection that could provide a significantly less expensive alternative ...

Stoners may not be as forgetful and absent-minded as the stereotype suggests.

The US's decision to regard wood as carbon neutral flies in the face of the evidence and will lead to increased emissions

Republican politician Jim Bridenstine has taken the reins at NASA after a long battle. What will his appointment mean for the space agency, asks Samantha Murphy

Researchers report binge drinking during pregnancy and lactation may result in an increased risk of mood problems and alcohol abuse in offspring as they reach adolescence.

Russia has unintentionally knocked out several major cloud services in ongoing efforts to cut access to secure messaging app Telegram

Researchers at Utah State University are sending cascades of water into a tank to uncover a mystery of fluid dynamics.

In March 2011, Japan was hit by a catastrophic earthquake that triggered a terrible tsunami. Thousands were killed and billions of dollars of damage was done in one of the worst disasters of modern times. For a few peril...

The "G-spotplasty" is intended to improve G-spot sensitivity, but some worry it will make women who don't orgasm vaginally think they have a medical problem