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In 1997, when Jeannne Loise Calment died at the age of 122, she was the longest-living human on record. But she won't always be. According to a new study published last week in Science, humans are nowhere near our maximu...

A new study of parrots reveals evidence of convergent evolution between bird and primate brains. The findings have the potential to shed light on the neural basis for human intelligence.

Researchers say men with higher testosterone levels have a greater preference for goods that are considered to be luxurious status symbols.

Researchers provide evidence that the posterior parietal cortex plays a vital role in converting vision into action.

Falling levels of iron and zinc in food due to soaring carbon dioxide levels will increase the disease burden, hitting poorest countries the hardest

A new study reveals the desire to carry our physical or sexual assault can be curbed with the help of tDCS. The brain stimulation technique also increases the perception in potential offenders that such violence is moral...

Researchers explain how the brain dynamically handles cognitive tasks while engaging in its internal mental processes.

A new study reports the offspring of women who eat a diet rich of foods fortified with folic acid while pregnant have a reduced risk of being diagnosed with a mental illness later in life. The study reports those who had...

Nothing beats a small experiment for the breadth of experience it gives the scientist. In March, a team of astronomers made a shocking announcement: They appeared to have found a galaxy with a severe lack of dark matter....

A woman in Australia who tried to hand-feed a nurse shark is lucky she still has a hand.

This see-through film generates electricity from sunlight and acts as a heat insulator, paving the way for windows that both harvest and save energy

People often say you are only as old as you feel. This may be the case for the aging brain. Researchers say older people who feel younger than their age have increased gray matter volume in key brain regions, fewer signs...

Waking up feeling stressed and anxious can impact your cognitive function throughout the day, researchers report. A new study reveals those who woke up feeling as though the day ahead would be stressful experienced probl...

Respiratory distress syndrome is the second major cause of newborn mortality. Health care providers especially struggle to deliver oxygen to preterm newborns, who account for roughly one-tenth of all births in the U.S., ...

An international team of scientists is running tests on the largest and most sophisticated stellerator, the Wendelstein 7-X fusion experiment. This complex machine is housed at the Max-Planck-Institute of Plasma Physics ...

Atomizing liquids is vital to fuel-air mixing. Using oscillating liquid streams, breakup and drop formation can be improved compared to common straight jets. But the many dynamic interactions make it difficult for scient...

A woman in New York developed an odd toenail problem after having a fish pedicure, according to a new report of the case.

This November, onlookers will get to hear a so-called "quiet" sonic boom as a supersonic military jet zips through the skies of Galveston, Texas, according to NASA.

A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Germany has found a second skyrmion phase in a sample of Cu2OSeO3. In their paper published in the journal Nature Physics, the group describes how they found ...

The disk of our home galaxy - the Milky Way - is bigger than previously thought. A new study shows it would take 200,000 years for a spaceship traveling at the speed of light to go across the entire galaxy.

By simply stretching this material or placing it under a UV light, you can reveal glowing hidden messages that could protect currency from counterfeiting

The structures may have housed officials responsible for overseeing the production of food for a paramilitary force.