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During birth, hormones in the body surge in both mother and baby, sent along by the nervous system. These stress hormones are there to spur delivery and to help a baby adapt to living outside the womb. A new study finds ...

The food preparation preferences of Chinese cooks -- such as the technological choice to boil or steam grains, instead of grinding or processing them into flour -- had continental-scale consequences for the adoption of n...

The majority of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 appear to actively shed infectious virus for about 8 days, but there is a wide range of variability from person to person. Researchers report an unusual case of one woman w...

The brain is uniquely protected against invading bacteria and viruses, but its defence mechanism has long remained a mystery. Now, a study in mice, confirmed in human samples, has shown that the brain has a surprising al...

Tangled webs of "legacy" computer software underpin banks, airlines, welfare systems and more - and the coronavirus pandemic has exposed how vulnerable that makes us

Among U.S. patients with rheumatic disease and COVID-19, racial/ethnic minorities had higher risks of needing to be hospitalized and put on ventilators, according to new research.

Astronomers detected a fast radio burst inside the Milky Way for the first time ever, and traced it to a known magnetar.

Potassium may hold the key to making lithium-metal batteries safer, which could pave the way towards longer-lasting batteries for electric vehicles

New research shows the SARS-CoV-2 virus' unique characteristics and may explain why patients suffer from 'long COVID'.

Researchers at the University of Rochester and Cornell University have taken an important step toward developing a communications network that exchanges information across long distances by using photons, mass-less measu...

A research team has identified a key marker that will help speed effective vaccine designs for cytomegalovirus (CMV), the most common congenital infection worldwide and a leading cause of infant brain damage.

By screening hundreds of synthetic mini-antibodies, scientists have identified one that might stop SARS-CoV-2 from infecting human cells.

Early hunter-gatherer women in the ancient Americas hunted big game just as much as men did, a new study suggests.

Now that a yearlong waiting period has ended, the U.S. will formally exit the Agreement.

Researchers have developed a new device that is able to detect cortisol levels through sampling ear wax.

IgA cells that originate in the gut play a role appear to have neuroprotective properties against diseases associated with neuroinflammation, such as meningitis.

Two doses of psilocybin in combination with therapy rapidly and significantly reduces symptoms in those with major depressive disorder. The effects appear to last for up to four weeks.

An analysis of ways to measure a community's vulnerability to climate change suggests that California's current method may leave some at-risk communities behind in efforts to reduce health impacts of extreme heat.

A young woman, buried with stone weapons 9000 years ago in what is now Peru, has led to a reassessment of the role women played as hunters across the Americas in prehistory

We have the clearest evidence yet of a link between air pollution and the risk of dying from covid-19, suggesting air quality data could help establish priority areas for medical help

As the race to extract valuable minerals from the deep ocean ramps up, how can we also protect unique marine ecosystems?

Unusual uses for a smartphone, plus a new organ and stopping palaeontologists from saying "bone", in Feedback's weird weekly round-up