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Stay sharp! You may be needed to help decode a message from intelligent aliens someday.

Researchers are conducting new studies into the effects of natural disasters, including hurricanes, on the psychological development of children. Initial findings suggest natural disasters contribute to an increased risk...

While both long and short term relationships might start in similar matters, a lack of genuine attraction causes short term relationships to plateau quickly, a new study reports.

Researchers report, in animal models of addiction, daily aerobic exercise alters the mesolimbic dopamine pathway in the brain.

Advances in biotechnology over the past decade have brought rapid progress in the fields of medicine, food, ecology, and neuroscience, among others. With this progress comes ambition for even more progress--realizing we'...

There is no safe amount of tanning, and no amount of tanning that won't prematurely age your skin.

Animals are at risk of sunburn, but do they ever burn their skin?