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New results from the FinnGen project yielded a trove of novel genetic discoveries, linking previously unknown genes to an array of health disorders.

Echidnas use booger bubbles to stay cool in hot weather Down Under.

As buzz grows ever louder over the future of quantum, researchers everywhere are working overtime to discover how best to unlock the promise of super-positioned, entangled, tunneling or otherwise ready-for-primetime quan...

By upending the idea that a chemical imbalance in the brain is behind depression, we are starting to understand some of its mysteries and develop better treatments

The quantum nature of objects visible to the naked eye is currently a much-discussed research question. A team led by Innsbruck physicist Gerhard Kirchmair has now demonstrated a new method in the laboratory that could m...

Face-to-face interactions elicited nine significant cross-brain links between frontal and temporal areas of the brain, whereas remote communications elicited only one.

World's oldest person dies in France, chalks up her longevity to chocolate and wine.

Two eggs laid by a pair of nesting bald eagles in California are the latest symbol of success for the once-imperiled species

Study identifies the role the TMEM161B gene plays in excessive folding of the gyri in the cerebral cortex of those with polymicrogyria.

Moderna announced positive results from its late-stage RSV vaccine trial in older adults.

Body dissatisfaction is the leading cause of eating disorders, especially in perimenopausal women, a new study reports.

Archaeologists unearth "world's oldest runestone" in Norway

White cotton can normally only be made fire resistant by adding toxic flame retardants, but a new form could enable us to make inherently non-flammable cotton fabrics

A study of more than 250 fossil eggs found in India suggests long-necked titanosaurs nested in large groups, but left hatchlings to fend for themselves

A drone has revealed information on the animals inhabiting a tree's canopy simply by brushing against branches and collecting loose particles of environmental DNA with its sticky surfaces

New research hints at why some cancer cells develop drug resistance, and how to kill them.

Deep inside all matter in the universe, electrons are buzzing around and behaving as if they are twirling around on their axes like spinning tops. These "spinning" electrons are fundamental to quantum physics and play a ...

Proteins are often called the building blocks of life. While true, the analogy evokes images of Lego-like pieces snapping together to form intricate but rigid blocks that combine into muscles and other tissues. In realit...

Study sheds new light on the link between brain inflammation and cognitive impairment associated with aging. Findings suggest the connection may be the result of a cellular chain reaction.

My new novel The Terraformers explores what you might include - and leave out - if you were building an Earth-like planet. I spoke to some scientists to see what might work, says Annalee Newitz

Photographer Julian Abrams' new project, Everything Beautiful Is Far Away, celebrates some key telescopes from around the world - and the impressive structures that house them

Most hospitals ban all drinks for two hours before surgery, but there is growing evidence that these guidelines are out of date, says Clare Wilson