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People who experienced language and communication difficulties as a result of psychosis showed weaker connectivity in the superior temporal area, an area of the brain associated with language processing. Those with great...

The US Army is building a laser blaster over a million times more powerful than any used before. It is intended to take down fast-moving targets like missiles and drones

Eleven-year-old boys who play video games often are less likely to develop symptoms of depression three years later than their peers who don't.

When older people feel personally stigmatized as being physically or cognitively deficient, they fail to live up to their actual abilities when tested, a new study reports.

A new framework outperforms previous models in predicting and assessing neural network properties.

Disorders of the cells' energy supply can cause a number of serious diseases, but also seem to be connected to ageing. More research is needed on mitochondrial function to find future treatments. A new study shows how an...

Most participants in the study initially had mild cases of COVID-19.

A gene linked to unusually long lifespans in humans protects brain stem cells from the harmful effects of stress, according to a new study.

A new study found consuming a high number of refined grains, such as croissants and white bread, is associated with a higher risk of major cardiovascular disease, stroke and early death.

A tiny statue of a deity dating to the Iron Age has a surprisingly modern hairstyle.

Researchers map how the structure of existing memories is reorganized in the brain as new experiences are committed to memory.

NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars on 18 February, and it has already sent back its jaw-dropping first images from the surface of the Red Planet

Covid-19 cases and deaths are falling in India and there are no signs of a second wave yet, which could be due to exposure to other seasonal coronaviruses

Looking at the engineering and science behind selecting samples for NASA's Perseverance rover.

Measuring fetal head growth during pregnancy could help doctors identify which children are at risk of ASD. Researchers found fetuses with narrower heads during mid-gestation are more likely to be diagnosed with autism d...

Now that NASA's Perseverance rover has landed safely on Mars, it will start taking samples and release the Ingenuity helicopter to test flying drones on other planets

A new computational tool locates areas in a patient's brain where their epileptic seizures occur.

Hippocampal deep brain stimulation prevented seizures in mouse models of temporal lobe epilepsy.

Archaeologists uncovered an illegal 1920s-era liquor still in South Carolina that may have been linked to Al Capone's criminal empire.

The Broca's area, an area of the brain associated with spoken language processing, plays a crucial role in the ability to process sign language.

Last summer a horse named Kurt was born in Texas. Kurt wasn't just any horse--he was a clone made from DNA that had been frozen for 40 years and came from an endangered wild horse species from Central Asia. Kurt was--and...

Higher activity in the anterior prefrontal cortex was associated with more resilience to the effects of post-traumatic stress.