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A new study reveals CBD oil significantly improves seizure frequency and other symptoms in people with treatment resistant epilepsy.

A new study may help answer the age old questions as to whether animals' sense of smell became so viable. The findings shed light on why some animals developed extraordinary olfactory systems.

Researchers shed light on key proteins that play roles in controlling epilepsy and anxiety.

The first full characterization measurement of an accelerator beam in six dimensions will advance the understanding and performance of current and planned accelerators around the world.

Researchers report transcranial alternating current stimulation applied during sleep can help accelerate learning, memory and skill acquisition.

Animal owners are increasingly falling for potentially risky fad pet diets or homeopathic alternatives to vaccines, warn vets Danny Chambers and Zoe Belshaw

Researchers have identified some of the key neurobiological mechanisms that help keep aggression under control. The findings could help develop targeted treatments to help those with aggressive problems associated with p...

A new study reports older adults who receive dialysis treatment for kidney disease have an increased risk of being diagnosed with dementia.

Researchers discover higher infection rates in Purkinje cells with the herpesvirus HHV-6 in patients with bipolar disorder.

Imagine yourself standing comfortably in front of a warm, cozy fire. Suddenly, you start to feel just a little too toasty, so you take a few steps away. But wait--now that you're farther from the fire, it's even hotter! ...

Scientists have a plan to study the fastest creature in the world -- and hope to use what they learn to build tiny robots.

Will scientists know when a zombie virus shows up, before it's too late?

When blockbuster game Fortnite hits Android phones, gamers will be able to get it outside Google Play, which could leave them vulnerable to scams

Dissected and preserved sea life specimens give visitors a thrilling, slightly shallow glimpse of a hidden world

Researchers report feeling more in control of your life and increasing physical activity is key to better health, cognition and longevity as we age.

Our discipline is a dialogue with nature, not a monologue, as some theorists would prefer to believe --

In recent years, some physicists have been investigating the possibility that gravity is not actually a fundamental force, but rather an emergent phenomenon that arises from the collective motion of small bits of informa...

Investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Engineering in Medicine (MGH-CEM) have developed a simple method to maintain water and water-based solutions in a liquid state at temperatures far below th...

Psychologists use Amazon's Mechanical Turk platform to study our behaviour, but now bots are spoiling things by pretending to be human

Michel Siffre's extraordinary self-experiments in a cave with no light would never be allowed now - but revealed strange truths about how we perceive time

Jason Statham's new film The Meg looks gloriously silly and good luck to it, but it got us thinking about what its giant prehistoric shark was really like and why it died out

It's time to return to the planet Mercury. At New Scientist Live, Emma Bunce will be revealing all about the BepiColombo mission set to launch in October