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A new small scale study reveals psilocybin appears to have a beneficial effect for chronic migraine sufferers.

A team has demonstrated the effectiveness of an inexpensive molecule to fight antibiotic-resistant strains of the bacteria responsible for gonorrhea and meningococcal meningitis. These two infections affect millions of p...

People who read comments on Facebook posts by news outlets are more likely to use toxic language when making comments themselves, researchers have claimed

Researchers who study the physics of fluids are learning why certain situations increase the risk that droplets will transmit diseases like COVID-19.

Global population and urbanization have boomed over the last few decades. With them came scores of new tall buildings, drones, more energy-efficient ventilation systems, and planned air taxis by Uber and other companies....

The first lunar sample-return mission since the 1970s is underway.

A tarantula's venom immobilizes its prey by interfering with sodium channels that generate electrical signals in the animal's nervous system.

People whose computer mouse drifted toward a safer option on the screen, even when they ultimately decided to select a riskier option, may be more risk avoidant than their choices would indicate.

A dynamic interplay of different brainwave frequencies, not dedicated networks, governs how the brain acts to a novel surprise and downplays predictable stimuli.

Anxiety may accelerate the progression of mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease. Brain scans revealed patients who progressed from MCI to Alzheimer's disease had decreased volume in the hippocampus and entorhi...

Maternal stress is linked to altered development in areas of the brain associated with emotional development in their offspring.

Anthraquinones are a class of naturally occurring compounds prized for their medicinal properties, as well as for other applications, including ecologically friendly dyes. Despite wide interest, the mechanism by which pl...

A proof-of-concept study conducted in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease offers new evidence that copper isotopes can be used to detect the amyloid-beta protein deposits that form in the brains of people living with --...

Metabolic robustness, the ability of a metabolic system to buffer changes in its environment, is not always a welcome feature for microbiologists: it interferes with metabolic engineering or prevents that antibiotics kil...

Researchers identify positive effector behind reduced food intake.

Two notebooks Darwin filled after his HMS Beagle expedition are missing, possibly stolen.

Who embedded a 10-foot-tall metal monolith in the remote Utah desert?

Research finds a new relationship between memory and the ability to incorporate changes into one's understanding of the world.

Wild Turkey / Image Credit: Andrea Westmoreland via Flickr There are 60-foot high balloons floating above packed city blocks, cranberries on the stove, inside-the-turkey stuffing, mashed potatoes, outside-the-turkey stuf...

For the first time, close relatives of the novel coronavirus have been found outside China.

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