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Some male hermit crabs have unusually long penises. This could be so that they can protect their homes whilst having sex

Researchers report a genetic mutation that causes structural abnormalities in the adolescent brain may predict an increased risk of schizophrenia later in life.

Drones. Self-driving cars. Flying robo taxis. If the headlines of the last few years are to be believed, terrestrial transportation in the future will someday be filled with robotic conveyances and contraptions that will...

Nope, not normal

Researchers shed light on how a fever helps our immune systems fight infection. The study reports high temperature alters surface proteins of lymphocytes, making it easier for them to travel through blood vessels to reac...

A new study reveals differences in genes in four areas of the brain that contribute to psychiatric disorders.

Neurofeedback training stimulates the cortical learning process and can help improve the sense of touch, a new study reveals.

Study reports an accumulation of manganese in cells may disrupt protein transportation, resulting in Parkinsonian syndrome.

Toxic ammonia can build up in the guts of people with certain disorders - probiotics containing bacteria engineered to break down the toxin could help

The Trump administration has plans to weaken a key environmental law, but it has helped many marine animals avoid extinction

A new neuroimaging study reveals tasks that require audiovisual processing are extremely difficult for children with dyslexia. The findings could lead to new tests that help identify the disorder before children fall beh...

It's a supernova... It's a tidal event... It's a cow?A June 16, 2018 stellar explosion has provided astronomers with a goldmine of new information on stellar deaths. It has also provided them with a wealth of opportuniti...

The super salty waste water dumped into the oceans by the world's 16,000 desalination plants can push marine species beyond what they can tolerate

A robotic version of a four-legged animal that lived 290 million years ago suggests it had an efficient walking style despite spending some of its life in water

Columbia University scientists, in collaboration with researchers from Harvard, have succeeded in developing a chemical process to convert infrared energy into visible light, allowing innocuous radiation to penetrate liv...

Ambitious new theories dreamed up to explain reality have led us nowhere. Meet the hardcore physicists trying to think their way out of this black hole

Forget the idea that to lose weight you just need to work off more calories than you consume. The truth is far weirder

Sudden bursts of heat that can damage the inner walls of tokamak fusion experiments are a hurdle that operators of the facilities must overcome. Such bursts, called "edge localized modes (ELMs)," occur in doughnut-shaped...

Its appearance has been likened to a moon, an alien creation, a crop circle and a giant Lazy Susan.

Residents of Westbrook in Maine discovered an enormous circle of ice slowly spinning in the Presumpscot river running through their town

We are finally seeing progress in the battle against antibiotic resistance, but now we must make it profitable to develop new drugs

The story of the unsung slave women who helped end an excruciating condition by enduring surgery without anaesthetic makes a play that deserves a wide audience