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Our brains are ravenous, guzzling up to a quarter of the body's energy. So thinking really hard should be an easy way to burn more calories -- right?

An employee at Buffalo Wild Wings died, and more than a dozen others were injured, when they were exposed to toxic fumes created by a mix of common cleaners.

For the first time, a study shows how glucocorticoid hormones, such as cortisol, control sugar and fat levels differently during day and night, feeding and fasting, rest and activity, over the course of 24 hours.

Thirty years ago this November, the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the Cold War -- but what would have happened if East and West remained divided?

Three species of African birds have taken to stealing palm wine, the fermented sap of an oil palm, from trees that local people have tapped

(JAMA Network) Whether a higher or lower dose of the muscle relaxant baclofen was associated with 30-day risk of hospitalization with encephalopathy (defined as a main diagnosis of delirium, disorientation, transient alt...

Paleontologists in Poland unearthed the jaws and teeth of a pliosaur, an ancient marine reptile with a bite more powerful than that of T. rex.

Researchers used the HoloLense software to create an interactive holographic mapping system for axonal pathways in the human brain.