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A fainting episode causing traumatic nerve damage affecting his right hand could be why Leonardo da Vinci's painting skills were hampered in his late career. While the impairment affected his ability to hold palettes and...

Cells are the body's workers, and they often need to move around to do their jobs. Frequently, a cell will move through a tissue -- say, the wall of a blood vessel -- the way a rock climber scales a cliff, using a protei...

Two-thirds of patients with heart failure have cognitive problems, according to new research.

The connectivity between the face processing network and other networks associated with the processing of visual, social and auditory cues help predict how well we remember a familiar face.

Traumatic damage to the right upper arm, resulting in ulnar palsy, and not a stroke, may have been the reason for da Vinci's impaired painting skills later in life, researchers speculate.

Men with alcohol use disorder have diminished brain activity in areas associated with emotional processing, memory and social processing, compared to women with AUD. The findings may lead to gender-specific treatments to...

NANOTECHNOLOGY The Microbots Are on Their Way Kenneth Chang | The New York Times “Like Frankenstein, Marc Miskin's robots initially lie motionless. Then their limbs jerk to life. But these robots are the size of a spec...

We're making great strides in developing alternatives, but here's why it's still necessary to test on animals.

Did Da Vinci have claw hand?

A huge tomb holding the remains of two men, including a priest, were discovered in the ancient cemetery.

There's a new type of asteroid that has a tail like a comet because it's spinning so fast it's constantly falling apart and leaving a trail of debris behind it