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An exercise physiologist offers advice on how to correctly perform bodyweight exercises.

Scientists made synthetic mouse embryos from stem cells.

If rapid eye movements during human sleep show the same correlation, researchers may be able see where we are heading in our dreams

The direction of appetite change associated with depression was linked to specific changes in the brain's reward system.

Inserting a microelectrode deep into the brain to measure serotonin and dopamine levels of patients scheduled to receive deep brain stimulation is safe and effective.

A new study reports that a new gene therapy shows promise in treating dry age-related macular degeneration. The gene therapy, ophNdi1, directly targets mitochondrial function that is malfunctioning in AMD.

Dopamine neurons connect subregions of the striatum that contribute to habit formation. The findings shed new light on how habits are formed, and how they can be broken.

A new study reports two doses of the psychedelic compound psilocybin reduced heavy alcohol consumption by 83% when combined with therapy for those with alcohol use disorder.

Researchers have identified human-specific cell types in the prefrontal cortex. These unique cells may explain why humans are more susceptible to neuropsychiatric diseases than other primate species.

A maze of mirrors and lenses turns any material into a highly efficient light absorber and could be used for detection of faint light or charging distant devices with light

Hacking concerns continue to dog the online Conservative party vote, which will decide next UK prime minister - should online voting even be used in such situations?

Could picky eating could be a sign of ARFID -- a dangerous eating disorder? We look at the signs and symptoms

Whether in photosynthesis or in a photovoltaic system: if you want to use light efficiently, you have to absorb it as completely as possible. However, this is difficult if the absorption is to take place in a thin layer ...

The rules of wrinkling are surprisingly hard to pin down. Using experiments, simulations and mathematical proofs, a team has uncovered how curved thin sheets of plastic will wrinkle when flattened

Embryo-like structures grown in an incubator instead of a uterus could lead to better treatments for infertility and a range of other medical conditions

Sensitive test to detect a possible fifth fundamental force known as the chameleon force provides the best evidence yet that it isn't a valid candidate for dark energy

The majority of days every year could become dangerously hot in many parts of the world if warming reaches 3°C by 2100

The so-called tomato flu spreading among children in Kerala, India, is probably caused by hand, foot and mouth disease, a common childhood illness that is usually mild

Dugongs, or sea cows, which are thought to have inspired tales of mythical mermaids, haven't been seen in Chinese waters since 2000.

A team of international researchers, including scientists from the University of St Andrews, has created a micro-refrigerator the size of a blood cell to cool adjacent objects, which could have major applications in quan...

If it's been hours since you last ate, you should be starving -- but why does hunger sometimes cause nausea instead?

A team of physicists at the University of California at Santa Barbara has discovered some of the dynamics involved with active liquid surfaces at the microscopic level when energy is added. In their paper published in th...