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Scary movies really get under our skin, but why is this the case and how do film-makers know what will scare us? A new book has some interesting answers

A group of hippocampal neurons show rhythmic activity at different frequencies in the desynchronized state, but can align their rhythmic frequency to produce a synchronized brain rhythm upon activation.

For people with mild cognitive impairment, stretching or other light exercise for just two hours a week can prevent further cognitive decline

Raindrops trigger a predatory diving board that cannonballs insects into a pool of digestive fluids

A new hypothesis suggests when people are awake during the biological circadian night there are neurophysiological changes in the brain that alters the way in which we interact with the world, especially when it comes to...

High-intensity interval training (HIIT) burns more fat than aerobic exercise, a new study finds.

Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope to take the most detailed image yet of Earendel, the most distant individual star we have ever seen

People given the impression they had control over the music they heard experienced more pain relief than those who felt as though they had no control over their music exposure.

Feeling lonely for extended periods of time was associated with more rapid memory decline in those aged over 65.

The challenge of reintroducing near-extinct species to countries that have been affected by conflict adds complexity to Millie Kerr's rewilding story

A strange shark caught off Belize in the Caribbean was likely a Greenland shark or Greenland shark hybrid, according to a new study.

The CSF drainage pathways are similar between mice and humans, researchers discovered.

Less than two years after shocking the science world with the discovery of a material capable of room-temperature superconductivity, a team of UNLV physicists has upped the ante once again by reproducing the feat at the ...

Feedback investigates the powerful reach of a proprietary condiment, while also looking into the chess robot that broke its opponent's finger - and a disturbing update to the latest Sims video game

Never has the need for a public information campaign been so great, not only to educate people about the climate emergency, but also to flag what they can do to mitigate its impact, says Bill McGuire

Being continuously exposed to 4°C (39°F) for 20 days inhibited tumour growth and improved the survival of mice with five different types of cancerous cells

An earbud uses artificial intelligence to interpret commands someone mouths without speaking by tracking changes in the shape of their ear canal

Physicists are (temporarily) augmenting reality to crack the code of quantum systems.

Signals, such as putting your hand over your heart to signify empathy or thumbs up to show you agree, seem to improve people's experience of video calls more than typing words or using emojis

Two glittering galaxies 275 million light years away smash together and spur star formation in an amazing new image from the James Webb Space Telescope

In its heyday, UIUC's Blue Waters was one of the world's top supercomputers. Anyone who was curious could drop by its 30,000-square-foot machine room for a tour, and spend half an hour strolling among the 288 huge black ...

It was just a piece of junk sitting in the back of a lab at the MIT Nuclear Reactor facility, ready to be disposed of. But it became the key to demonstrating a more comprehensive way of detecting atomic-level structural ...