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Parts of the brain in which the APOE gene is most active are the areas that sustain the most damage associated with Alzheimer's disease.

Study reveals differences in gene activity in the caudate and frontal cortex in those with ADHD.

Animal-based low-carb diets were associated with an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, while plant-based low-carb diets were associated with a lower risk of developing diabetes.

Social media presents a new way for researchers to study memory. User-created media can evoke memories of emotion, location, time and other memory content all at once.

In adult mice, psychedelic drugs including LSD, ketamine and psilocybin have been shown to reopen the brain to a critical window for social learning usually only seen in adolescents

We don't know exactly how the current megadrought in south-western North America will end, but there are examples to learn from throughout history

In a study of more than 330,000 people, five genetic variants and being educated to university level were together linked to short-sightedness

The Xiaomi Mi Smart Scale 2 is a budget-friendly, minimalist smart scale with a good number of body metrics.

Many musicians use their personal emotional pain and emotional trauma to create their songs. Researchers say exploring trauma via music can help reduce its emotional impact. Additionally, such music allows the listener t...

Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) organization and the Southwest Institute of ...

Most people are familiar with solids, liquids, and gases as three states of matter. However, a fourth state of matter, called plasmas, is the most abundant form of matter in the universe, found throughout our solar syste...

Large quantum programs build up errors as they run, but a technique for mitigating these errors has allowed a team at IBM to run over 1700 operations on their quantum computer

The collective motion of animals in a group is a fascinating topic of research for many scientists. Understanding these collective behaviors can sometimes inspire the development of strategies for promoting positive soci...

An assessment of almost 940 kinds of Brazilian cat and dog food has found that producing wet food creates 690 per cent more greenhouse gas emissions than making dry food

Leviathanochelys aenigmatica, which lived sometime between 72.1 million and 83.6 million years ago, is one of the largest marine turtles ever found

Brain signatures and types of difficulties children of a lower socioeconomic status experience when it comes to reading are different from those children who struggle to read but are from a higher socioeconomic status.

In 2020 cultured meat startup Memphis Meats raised $161 million in Series B funding, making it the most-funded startup in the industry. The investment validated cultured meat's technological soundness and indicated that ...

Which Apple Watch should you buy in 2022? Here's a full comparison of the Apple Watch 7 vs Apple Watch 8.

A pair of new studies has revealed 'highly unlikely' phytoplankton blooms appearing near the seafloor and under sea ice at both Earth's poles.

People who believe that the COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax are likelier to believe all sorts of other conspiracy theories, a new study suggests.

U.S. poison control centers have received more reports about pediatric benzonatate ingestion in recent years.

Extremely detailed Cambrian fossils show that enigmatic skeleton tubes belonged to ancient ancestors of modern jellyfish.