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Lightning sparks wildfires, causes pollution and destroys some of the planet's most important trees. Climate change could see its incidence - and impact - increase

Fragile X syndrome patients with prematuration had a much earlier onset of neurological problems, including earlier symptoms of neurodegeneration. They also experienced emotional processing problems. Some of the most com...

American R&B star John Legend is doing a major live show on Thursday June 25 to promote his new album, Bigger Love. But can he expect much of a crowd, given that many pandemic restrictions are still in place? More than l...

From extreme fatigue to weight loss, numbness, breathing difficulties and chest pain, some people's covid-19 symptoms are proving very hard to shake

Electrical signals coming from your heart and other organs influence how you perceive the world, the decisions you take, your sense of who you are and consciousness itself.

Humanin, a peptide encoded in mitochondria, appears to have a beneficial impact on both health and longevity in both humans and animals. Higher levels of humanin in the body are associated with longer life spans and a re...

Findings suggest humans have a stereo sense of smell that subconsciously guides navigation.

Genetic deletions associated with neurodevelopmental disorders may also be linked to dysfunctional organ development, a new study reports.

A botched restoration of a Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painting in Spain has frustrated art conservators and recalled memories of an earlier, similar mistake involving a painting of Jesus.

A big black hole gobbled up a mystery object. It emitted no light detectable from Earth. What was it?

Construction workers have carried out the first underground blasting for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Facility, which will provide the space, infrastructure and particle beam for the international Deep Underground Neutrino...

People who accumulate genetic mutations more slowly than others live longer and have children later in their life - which could mean we can predict lifespan using these mutations

Police in the US kill black people at a higher rate than they kill white people. In some areas the rate is as much as six times higher

Cholesterol-lowering statins show promise for the treatment of severe coronavirus infections. Statins lowered the death rate and decreased the need for mechanical ventilation in patients hospitalized for severe COVID-19.

The Black Lives Matter movement is primarily about social justice, but it will tackle environmental injustices too, says Graham Lawton

Elevated pulse pressure in blood traveling to the brain causes inflammation, oxidative stress, and apoptosis in the blood-brain barrier that leads to brain damage.

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Among the top coronavirus news out today are: Some states and cities across the U.S. are suspending reopening amid an increase in cases and New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are requiring people traveling in from hots...

Researchers have developed a new plug-and-play device that can add adaptive optics correction to commercial optical microscopes. Adaptive optics can greatly improve the quality of images acquired deep into biological sam...

More realistic representation of clouds and aerosols seems to explain why a new generation of climate models are projecting the world is more sensitive to rising CO2 levels

A suite of new maps reveal the lost, undersea continent of Zealandia in more detail than ever before.

About one-fifth of students who tested positive were asymptomatic at the time of the test.