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Exposure to air pollution has previously been linked to an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease. Now, researchers provide preliminary data linking air pollution to an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. The new study...

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A highly significant find, this 14th-century synagogue is a rare example of Jewish religious life in medieval Spain.

Researchers have created an accurate, easily interpretable new algorithm for predicting mild cognitive impairment and dementia in older adults.

Following training, the brain's visual center can suppress neuronal responses to pop-out distractors that are usually enhanced compared to other, non-distracting stimuli.

By implanting electrodes and monitoring data, researchers have successfully captured the brain activity of freely moving octopuses. The recorded brain activity could solve numerous questions about octopus behaviors inclu...

Researchers were surprised when a young male cougar living in Washington state swam to a nearby island. They now suspect other local cougars are doing the same

Recent studies have explored the use of psychedelics for the treatment of a range of mental health disorders. A new study reveals more insightful and mystical "trips" while exposed to psychedelics may be linked to an end...

Officials reported that thousands of fish died within days of the chemical spill caused by a derailed train, potentially due to contamination of local waterways

Fossils from New Zealand reveal the existence of a giant petrel with a wicked sharp beak that lived 3 million years ago.

The Laboratoire Sous-marin Provence Méditerranée (LSPM) lies 40 km off the coast of Toulon, at a depth of 2,450 m, inaccessible even to sunlight. Through this national research platform run by the CNRS in collaboration...

Quantum entanglement refers to a phenomenon in quantum mechanics in which two or more particles become linked such that the state of each particle cannot be described independently of the others, even when they are separ...

An unusual form of cesium atom is helping a University of Queensland-led research team unmask unknown particles that make up the universe.

A new analysis of a mummified "mermaid" found in a Japanese temple has revealed exactly what it is made from, and it's not what scientists thought.

An 11-year-old girl in Cambodia has died in hospital after catching bird flu. Her father has tested positive for the virus responsible, but it is unclear whether he caught the infection from her or the family's poultry c...

Doing high-intensity interval training is safe for people having cardiac rehabilitation and increases their cardiorespiratory fitness faster than currently recommended moderate exercise, according to a clinical trial

A chunk from the fireball meteor that exploded on Feb. 15 has been recovered. Other fragments of the hefty space rock were likely showered across the nearby area.

"Look at this," says Erica's message. She is poring over the very first images from the brand new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). It is July 2022, barely a week after those first images from the revolutionary super te...

A digital perspective tweak improves how people judge distance in images and doing this in video games and CGI movies could make them feel more immersive

The shifting, scintillating pattern you can see when you stack two slightly misaligned window screens is called moiré. A similar interference effect occurs when scientists stack two-dimensional crystals with mismatched ...

Scientists calculated the diameter of Earth's innermost core using earthquake waves that bounced through the planet 'like ping-pong balls.'

Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple at the heart of the ancient city of Girsu, in southeastern Iraq.