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Researchers report ADHD and conduct disorder exhibit similar, overlapping changes in the brain.

Researchers have developed a new personality test they say is faster to take and harder to manipulate. The test relies on a technique called rapid response measurement, in which users only have a few seconds to answer qu...

Regular inkjet printers only work with watery liquids, but one that uses sound waves can print with almost anything as ink, from honey to metals to human cells

In Florida, a giant lizard has one family too scared to use their pool.

What kinds of wildlife and bugs are people curious about? That depends on where they live.

Researchers say in some autoimmune disorders, such as Rasmussen's encephalitis, neurons are not only the targets for immune system attacks, but may also be active protagonists.

According to a new study, people who have suffered a stroke are twice as likely to develop dementia.

The planet-wide dust storm on Mars that's stranded the Opportunity rover since June is subsiding, and NASA has given engineers just 45 more days to wake it up

A new study reports there are cognitive benefits for children who learn to lie early in life. Researchers say children who learn to lie early have more self control, better executive function and improved theory of mind.

Knowing what a cancer will do next could help doctors treat patients or prolong their lives with pre-emptive treatments

Quantum materials are a type of odd substance that could be many times more efficient at conducting electricity through our iPhones than the commonly used conductor silicon--if only physicists can crack how the stuff wor...

The average person spends about two hours a day on social media platforms. If that sounds like a lot, it's nothing compared to the nine daily hours the average teenager devotes to social media. As a society we're becomin...

Quarks are the smallest particles that we know of. In fact, according to the Standard Model of particle physics, which describes all known particles and their interactions, quarks should be infinitely small. If that's no...

A new study reveals reverting neurons to an early growth state can help reconnect severed spinal cord nerves in rodent models of SCI.

A wearable energy-harvesting device could generate energy from the swing of an arm while walking or jogging, according to a team of researchers from Penn State's Materials Research Institute and the University of Utah. T...

As the battle for power in the US Congress hots up it offers the best chance yet to address the lack of politicians with science backgrounds, says Shaughnessy Naughton

DeepMind has created a new set of demanding tests for artificial intelligence to probe its theory of mind. No AI has passed it yet, but one was extremely close

For some time now, researchers have noted several anomalies in the decays of beauty mesons in the data coming in from the LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider. Are they more than just statistical fluctuations? Th...

Starbucks has heard the cry of health experts, kind of.

Snakebites and bee stings may have a beneficial side.

Before they can swim, these fish must fly.

An experiment in 1970 found that coral bleach and die in warming waters. Now a repeat of the experiment suggests some corals are adapting to rising temperatures