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Working memory for language processing can be provided by the down-regulation of neural excitability in response to external input.

As records tumble, 2020 has been an extraordinary year for the Arctic - and there is more to come unless we take action on climate change

The study involved more than 4,300 U.S. teens and young adults.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Seeking to unravel the mystery of how animals follow scent, a team of scientists from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, the University of Colorado Boulde...

A four-year study at a Pacific atoll revealed that grey reef sharks keep company with the same individuals, but how they recognise other group members is a mystery

During a recent storm, waterfalls on the East coast of Australia seemingly flowed in reverse.

Decreasing the amount of Reelin significantly protected against disease symptoms and promoted recovery in symptomatic animal models of multiple sclerosis. Reelin levels appear to correlate with MS severity and stages. Re...

Study in rats reveals sex differences may play a key role in the effectiveness of exercise as an appetite regulator. Exercising female rats ate more than those who did not partake in physical activity. The same effect wa...

Compared to adults, children continue to explore other options than using knowledge to capitalize on reward, to see if the value has changed. Children approach exploration systematically to make sure they don't miss anyt...

In 7000 B.C., a kiln-like pit became the site of the earliest know human cremation in the Near East.

Human-on-a-chip technology could provide a more valuable clinical-based model for ALS.

Two experimental drugs for feline coronavirus could show promise against COVID-19.

A 9000-year-old cremation in Israel may help identify when in prehistory people began changing their burial practices and perhaps their religious beliefs too

The males of a Brazilian frog species is the first amphibian known to stay faithful to two females throughout its breeding season, replicating a style of mating seen in mammals

Using electroacupuncture, researchers stimulated the vagus-adrenal axis to induce secretion of dopamine from chromaffin cells in the adrenal glands. Mice exposed to this treatment had lower levels of three types of infla...

Russia has given regulatory approval to a covid-19 vaccine, amid concerns about the level of testing it has undergone. Here's what you need to know about the Sputnik V vaccine

SpaceX and United Launch Alliance will share the job of launching the Pentagon's most important military equipment from 2022 to 2026.

The world's jungles absorb a large proportion of our CO2 emissions, helping to slow the pace of human-induced global warming. But they may be reaching saturation point

There are many things that we don't understand about dark matter, but whether it is actually dark isn't one of them, writes Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

A vaccine against the coronavirus needs to reach vulnerable people in all countries if we want to stop the virus, but some countries are buying up future stocks to protect their nationals

During the covid-19 pandemic we've been bombarded with stats - making it more important than ever to understand what the numbers can and can't tell us

Making medicines and complex materials is messy and wasteful. Using electric fields as catalysts could make chemistry far cleaner