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Multimedia artist Stuart Humphryes has retouched photographs from the famous Shackleton expedition to Antarctica, updating their color to modern brilliance.

Antarctica was warmer during the late Cretaceous period, a time when wildfire blazed through the region.

A new study reveals the mechanisms by which neurons and astrocytes work together to form synapses.

An international team of scientists has identified a new connection between certain molecules produced by the microbiome and the function of a protein that impacts gut inflammation.

Bach1, a protein that blocks the expression of genes associated with neuroprotection, has been implicated in Parkison's disease. Researchers say blocking Bach1 slows the deterioration of brain cells in preclinical models...

Contrary to popular myths on stereotypes, women are not more emotional than men, researchers report. A new study reveals men's emotions fluctuate just as much as women's do.

The FDA panel concluded that the benefits of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for young children outweigh the risks.

A majority of Parkinson's patients report a diminished sense of smell, which starts to occur a number of years before the onset of other symptoms. Researchers are exploring whether scent-processing neurons which connect ...

For the first time in history, scientists may have discovered a planet in another galaxy.

Our guide to finding a rowing machine on sale - snap up a bargain on a great piece of fitness equipment.

Insufficient sleep can negatively affect walking, specifically how we control stride and gait. Those who experienced a lack of sleep demonstrated less control when they walked.

Increased levels of dopamine release in the basolateral amygdala as a result of stressful situations during infancy could lead to lasting behavioral issues and social difficulties, a new study reports.

Don't let the titanium metal walls or the sapphire windows fool you. It's what's on the inside of this small, curious device that could someday kick off a new era of navigation.

Exposure to the heavy metal cadmium is known to irritate the stomach and lungs or cause kidney disease, but new research links another health issue to inadvertently ingesting low doses of the pollutant: high activation o...

It may be that the H5N6 currently circulating transmits to humans more easily.

Some seahorses pair for life, with the males carrying the pregnancies - but if the pair are separated for even a few days the female seems to forget the male

More than a decade after Sri Lanka's civil war ended, wild birds are still wary of humans in areas of the country that saw armed conflict

Researchers from the Low Energy Electronic Systems Interdisciplinary Research Group at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, together with collaborators at the MIT, N...

Psychologists have created body-maps of the sensations which arise during hallucinations in people experiencing psychosis.

Changing levels of the chemical dopamine, a chemical most associated with motivation, may help explain why stressful experiences during infancy can lead to lasting behavioral issues, a new study shows.

Accurate forecasting of epidemic scenarios is critical to implementing effective public health intervention policies. Researchers used dynamical stochastic modeling techniques to reveal that infection and recovery rate f...

Researchers have developed a tiny optical frequency comb, or microcomb, that uses two-mode squeezing to create unconditional entanglement between continuous optical fields. The miniature chip-based device lays the ground...