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Polar bears evolved during a time when the North and South poles were not connected by ice or land, so they stayed at the North Pole.

Despite there being no differences in IQ or general intelligence between males and females, men often overestimate their IQ's, considering them to be higher than females. Researchers explore why this matters in an educat...

Nematode worms can distinguish between the molecules released by healthy and cancerous cells, and could one day be used in a cancer-detection system

A new study uncovers how the amygdala reacts and triggers memory-making activity when the eyes come to rest on a face versus another object or image.

Study reveals how the origins of pain are generated by nociceptors in the dorsal root ganglia.

Three cosmonauts donned Ukraine-flag colors when boarding the space station, but now the Russians say the fashion choice had nothing to do with support for Ukraine.

Researchers have developed a new, fully automated prosthetic arm that learns during normal use and adapts to varying conditions.

AI technology helped map out diverse and subjective psychedelic experiences to different brain regions.

Researchers reveal how patients who received fecal transplants showed improvements in bipolar symptoms, as well as reductions in anxiety and ADHD behaviors. Fecal transplants may help in the treatment of a number of ment...

A new miniature brain microscope, dubbed Mini2P, allows researchers to study neural network activity at high resolution in animals behaving naturally.

Once a person identifies they are languishing, this can help bring clarity to one's experiences.

Mindful meditation may help people cope when faced with action crises, researchers say.

Antabuse, a drug commonly prescribed to treat alcohol use disorder, may help to restore eyesight in people with genetic retinitis pigmentosa and other disorders associated with retinal degeneration.