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It happens unexpectedly: a person long thought lost to the ravages of dementia, unable to recall the events of their lives or even recognize those closest to them, will suddenly wake up and exhibit surprisingly normal be...

Huggable, a social robot teddy bear, helps to improve various health and emotional outcomes for children in hospital.

Paradoxical lucidity, the phenomenon where some with severe dementia suddenly regain their memory and exhibit normal behaviors immediately prior to death, may help shed new light on the mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease.

By eleven months, infants hold language dependent expectations of a speaker's ethnicity. The study suggests babies make connections between languages based on the individuals they encounter in their environments.

A 3D printed hand which uses a computer interface to learn can replicate hand movements.

Near-death experiences (NDEs) including hallucinations, out-of-body sensations and time distortions, affect around 10% of people, a new study reports. 72% of people overall who experienced NDEs say their experience was u...

MINIATURIZATION Self-Assembling Microrobots Can Be Programmed to Form a Tiny Steerable Car Luke Dormehl | Digital Trends “Remember the way that different ‘Zords’ in Power Rangers joined to together to form a larger...

Máximo the titanosaur wishes you'd drop him a line.

Could our most beloved fruit go extinct?

Findings could help animal shelters to improve the pet adoption process and find the perfect pet partner for people.

Early humans underwent critical shifts in how DNA was packaged inside fat cells. As a result, the human body's ability to turn "bad" fat into "good", calorie burning fat was reduced.

From comfort eating to hormonal levels contributing to a desire for sweets, many studies have investigated why women with PMS often crave certain foods. Researchers explore why food cravings may occur, and what can be do...