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Family members of people with borderline personality disorder share similarities in brain structure and personality traits as those diagnosed with the personality disorder. Findings may point toward a hereditary componen...

The free-energy principle can explain how neural networks minimize energy costs and are optimized for efficiency.

A new artificial intelligence algorithm analyses MRI data to accurately predict the age of a brain.

Study establishes a robust link between ozone exposure and an increase in cognitive impairment in older adults.

A tsunami triggered by the explosive eruption of the underwater Tonga volcano in the Pacific Ocean slammed the shoreline of the Pacific nation Saturday (Jan. 15).

BIOTECH In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig Roni Caryn Rabin | The New York Times “A 57-year-old man with life-threatening heart disease has received a heart from a genetically modified pig,...

Here's the science behind the bizarre sand pillars that formed on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Here's why flat world maps always have distortions.

SpaceX has some nice before-and-after photos to mark the 10th launch of one of its Falcon 9 rockets, thanks to a satisfied customer.

The use of "anno domini" and "before Christ" to mark time began in the early days of Christianity, when clerics needed to know when Easter would fall.