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Even the most intelligent people can make ridiculous mistakes - but there are simple things all of us can do to act more wisely and avoid blinkered thinking

A careful re-analysis of data taken at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility has revealed a possible link between correlated protons and neutrons in the nucleus and a 35-year-old myste...

Training a doctor takes years of grueling work in universities and hospitals. Building a doctor may be as easy as teaching an AI how to read. Artificial intelligence has taken another step towards becoming an integral pa...

When honeybees enter an open space, they are much more likely to turn right, which might help them reach collective decisions about nest sites

According to researchers, there is an optimum amount of dopamine that should be present within the brain. This optimum amount can help improve cognitive performance on tasks, researchers report.

A new study reports intensive therapy during the early stages of MS results in better long term outcomes for the patients.

A new study in worms reveals memory blocking is not a result of problems with memory formation, but instead with memory recall.

A newly developed AI is able to identify and predict the development of a combination of symptoms associated with chemotherapy.

Researchers report EEG technology can help to predict the onset of epileptic seizures up to four minutes in advance. Additionally, acetate, an edible acid, may help to prevent seizures if they are detected with enough no...

A new study considers how lexical tones can affect an infant's ability to associated words with objects.

A new study reveals some drug combinations may be more beneficial for those with schizophrenia. Researchers found people with schizophrenia who took antidepressants, in combination with other medications, were less likel...

Researchers have identified the influence food odors have on proteostasis.

Slashing greenhouse-gas emissions doesn't have to be hard, and can even be an economic win - as these big low-carbon success stories from around the world show

Researchers report transplanting bone marrow from young mice to older mice helps to preserve memory and learning skills. If the findings can be replicated in humans, researchers believe new therapies can be devised to he...

Researchers report vitamin D levels affect perineuronal nets in the hippocampus. The study found vitamin D deficiency resulted in a significant decline in memory and learning in mouse models.

A new study reports the time of day at which you exercise can shift your body clock. The findings suggest exercise could counter the negative health effects associated with shift work and jet lag.

A tiny moon of Neptune called Hippocamp, first spotted in 2013, has probably been smashed up and reassembled around nine times in the last 4 billion years

The Wandering Earth, an adaptation of Cixin Liu's story of humans struggling to move Earth to a new home, is coming to Netflix. Our review? Despite a few science bloopers, it's cinematic gold

A lone observatory at the South Pole has a rare chance to glimpse a secret written in the sky. Spot it, and we will know how time and space were born

Ain't no mountain rough enough like those 660 kilometers deep in the ground.

Football players cover 30 per cent more ground during a match than they used to and they get injured more often too

Eating too much fat may be bad for your gut bacteria, a new study from China suggests.