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Three months of transcendental meditation reduced anxiety and resulted in marked changes in connectivity between the precuneus, left parietal lobe, and insula.

Several processes in the roundworm C. elegans boost the stress response in cells, incidentally making worms resistant to a high-fat diet and extending their lifespan. Researchers have found another: cells called glia tha...

Cannabis use in males appears to alter sperm before mating, increasing the risk of their offspring developing brain abnormalities in areas associated with mood, memory, learning, and reward.

On Feb. 23, 1945, six Marines raised the U.S. flag over the Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Their photo is one of the most iconic images of World War II.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The Messy, Secretive Reality Behind OpenAI’s Bid to Save the World Karen Hao | MIT Technology Review “There is a misalignment between what the company publicly espouses and how it operates beh...

For centuries, we plundered the ocean's depths, hauling up whales by the thousands. But what was the purpose of this dangerous and destructive industry?

Study explains how an overexpression of the RCAN1 gene may cause intellectual disabilities in people with Down syndrome.

Patterns of functional connectivity reliably predict when people were more or less focused on a task.

Males on the autism spectrum have significantly lower levels of a protein in their brains' that plays a role in inflammation and metabolism.