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The notorious Apophis space rock just shed its hazardous status -- for the next 100 years at least -- after fresh observations of the near-Earth asteroid.

Researchers shed new light on how remylination fails in multiple sclerosis. The study reports a drug, currently being studied as a cancer therapy, can alter the key signaling cascades that result in demylination associat...

Studying 327 YouTube videos related to depression, researchers found content providers unknowingly perpetuate stigmas and misconceptions about mental health.

Chronic viral infections have a profound and lasting impact on the immune system in a similar way to aging. Chronic inflammation that occurs as a result of immune system dysregulation is often seen in diseases associated...

A new study reveals why some people with the herpes simplex 1 virus experience painful lesions, while others have no symptoms and yet still spread the infection. Researchers say the difference could be a result of how va...

The remains of birds from between AD 1100 and 1450 suggest that people once transported parrots and macaws to trade them at an oasis in Chile's Atacama desert

One specific protein may be a master regulator for changing how cancer cells consume nutrients from their environments, preventing cell death and increasing the likelihood the cancer could spread, a study has shown.

Study reveals how innate valence is encoded in the nervous system of mice.

How does the nose know? Scientists now detail how the inborn ability to recognize certain odors is encoded in the nervous system of mice.

In the UK, one in 57 children is on the autism spectrum. The number is significantly higher than previously reported. Children from minority backgrounds were up to 38% more likely to be diagnosed with autism. Children wi...

Humans have what it takes to make venom, but it may not be worth the trouble.

Combing gait data from multiple sclerosis patients with machine learning, researchers have developed a new tool to monitor and predict disease progression.

Researchers have used advanced technology and analytics to map, at single-cell resolution, the cellular landscape of diseased lung tissue in severe COVID-19 and other infectious lung diseases.

People with depression often experience problems with visual perception. Researchers report issues with visual perception are likely linked to information processing differences in the cerebral cortex.

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Interaction between auditory areas of the brain and the reward system drive pleasure when we listen to music.

Three Russian navy submarines punched their way through several feet of sea ice in the Arctic to surface simultaneously within a few hundred feet of each other -- one of the first times the tricky naval maneuver has been...

Billions of periodical cicadas, known as Brood X, will emerge across the eastern U.S. in 2021.

An oil refinery in Indonesia has caught fire after an oil leak that may have been ignited by a lightning strike.

Researchers use mathematical modeling to help explain why CAR T cells work in some patients and not in others.

Information processing by the brain is altered in depressed individuals. A study conducted at the University of Helsinki found that in depressed patients, the processing of visual perceptions is also different.

In a new study, scientists demonstrate that the UK variant to SARS-CoV-2 is neutralized to the same degree as the reference virus (D614G), whereas the South African variant is less sensitive to neutralizing antibodies. T...