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Neural stem cells of cephalopods act in a similar way to those of vertebrates during nervous system development.

They're linked to improved gut health, but do probiotics help with bloating specifically?

An uncharted region of space known as the "zone of avoidance" lurks behind the Milky Way's center - and astronomers just found an enormous, multi-galaxy structure there.

The ability to empathize, or share the pain of others is mapped onto neurons in the insula, a new study reports.

Discover all the important benefits of vitamin D, from building strong bones and teeth to improving your mental wellbeing

A surge of viral infections in the U.S. might be contributing to an ongoing amoxicillin shortage, even though antibiotics don't kill viruses.

Roughly half the space shuttle Challenger, which tragically exploded in 1986, remains missing. Now, one more piece has come to light off the Florida coast.

Small branding irons from ancient Egypt were likely used to mark the skin of human slaves, a new study suggests.

The base of computer chips and batteries tends to be made from unrecyclable plastic, but using skin from a certain species of mushroom instead would reduce electronic waste

Probiotic bacteria loaded up with anti-inflammatory nanoparticles can relieve symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease in mice

"Dwell fatigue" is a phenomenon that can occur in titanium alloys when held under stress, such as a jet engine's fan disc during takeoff. This peculiar failure mode can initiate microscopic cracks that drastically reduce...

US president Joe Biden called on other nations to produce tougher plans to cut carbon emissions at the COP27 climate summit in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Spin glasses are alloys formed by noble metals in which a small amount of iron is dissolved. Although they do not exist in nature and have few applications, they have nevertheless been the focus of interest of statistica...

Research led by the University of Amsterdam has demonstrated that elusive radiation coming from black holes can be studied by mimicking it in the lab.

In a study recently published in Nature Materials, Prof. Wang Shutao from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry (TICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Prof. Liu Huan from Beihang University reveal...

A man has claimed that the fire that burned down his house in California was started by a fireball meteor, which was spotted by several witnesses in the area. But firefighters are still trying to determine what started t...

An enormous neutrino observatory buried deep in the Antarctic ice has discovered only the second extra-galactic source of the elusive particles ever found. In results published today in Science, the IceCube collaboration...

Staving off the worst impacts of climate change means preventing global temperatures from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. But CO2 emissions are so high that we are slated to cross that li...

When 2D layered materials are made thinner (i.e., at the atomic scale), their properties can dramatically change, sometimes resulting in the emergence of entirely new features and in the loss of others. While new or emer...

A 'gene drive' that spreads through a population and makes females infertile has been demonstrated to work in a mammal for the first time

We've spoken to experts to find out which teeth fall out, and why you might lose teeth in adulthood

Juvenile duck-billed dinosaurs likely hung out in cliques, away from their original herd, an analysis of two bonebeds reveals.