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If you draw lightning bolts like crooked zigzags, then you're doing it wrong -- but at least you're in good company. Artists have drawn lightning incorrectly for hundreds of years, a new study finds.

The rise and prosperity of a city neighborhood is not predicated on economic capital alone--the presence of a vibrant arts, music and science culture is equally important. So says a groundbreaking study published in Fron...

Researchers have demonstrated large-scale fabrication of a new type of transparent conductive electrode film based on nanopatterned silver. Smartphone touch screens and flat panel televisions use transparent electrodes t...

Researchers have identified neuropeptide alterations that occur in Africanized honeybee brains when they become aggressive.

Researchers report teenage girls are more heavily impacted by sleepiness than boys of the same age. The study reveals teen girls have more trouble saying awake during school hours and often feel too tired to embark on ot...

Researchers report narcissists who are asked to imagine a recipient's circumstances are more likely to donate to a cause than when the recipient's plight is simply described to them.

Researchers say inattentional anosmia exists. People who are busily engaged in tasks or distracted may not notice the presence of new smells, a new study reveals.

A new study reports impairments in six brain networks are associated with addiction behaviors. The findings may pave the way for developing more targeted treatments for addiction.

A new brain cancer atlas maps out comprehensive, visually rich information about the anatomical and genetic bases of glioblastoma, researchers report.

Watch SLAC theorist Lance Dixon write out a new formula that will contribute to a better understanding of certain particle collisions. Physicists on experiments at the Large Hadron Collider study the results of high-ener...

Decades ago a space probe found less water on Jupiter than expected, and now astronomers have tracked some of that water down by mapping lightning storms

Crack downs on psychedelic substances are failing to protect people from harm. Drug tests at festivals and nightclubs to check they are legit could be a better way

Researchers implicate presenilin and GSK-3b in the development of Alzheimer's disease.

Researchers have identified a link between neurotransmitter imbalance and brain connectivity in brain areas associated with social communication and language in those with ASD.

A new neural model reveals how the brain is able to adapt and process new information, researchers report.

Researchers have successfully created a synthetic version of a human prion, a protein associated with brain wasting diseases like sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The prions may help shed new light on, and provide tre...

High-profile volcanic eruptions in Hawaii and Guatemala are grabbing the headlines, but geophysics isn't responsible for connecting the two disasters

Picture a herd of sheep or cattle emerging from a shed or barn to graze a field. They head straight out of their digs to the pleasure of the pasture pretty much as one entity, but as the land opens up and the "grass gets...

The Asian common toad toxic threat to native species in Madagascar.

The world's first stop sign appeared in Michigan around 1915, decades after the first privately owned passenger car came into being. Ever since, laws and regulations have piled up concerning everything from insurance req...

Carpal tunnel syndrome is a nerve-related condition that causes pain and numbness in the wrists and hands.

Amsterdam is a perfect innovation hub, as well as a great launchpad into the Dutch and European markets. Although small in size, Amsterdam has it all: a creative and stable business environment, a diverse talent pool and...