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Asking participants to bungee jump helps researchers measure Bereitschaftspotential, or readiness potential, outside the lab setting. Researchers say their findings will help in the development of BCIs to assist quadripl...

A new study reveals how male sex steroids impact brain development. The findings could help shed light on behavioral developmental differences between males and females.

Scientists have yet to find a truly sleepless creature. But is sleep really necessary for survival?

An analysis of Twitter data suggests weird weather is soon viewed as normal, which means we risk ignoring the effects of climate change, says Frances Moore

Russian scientist Zhores Alferov, who won the Nobel physics prize for his work in semi-conductor and laser technologies, has died, agencies said on Saturday. He was 88.

Researchers say the 4.5 million-year old fossil shows evidence of greater reliance on bipedalism than previously suggested.

Embedding a molecule called TRPM8 into the surface of some cells helps reduce aggression and sexual appetite in mice, a new study reports.