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Cycling teams are beginning to plan their riders' diets using statistical models that analyse data on the route, weather conditions and individuals' power output

Study finds one in five cases of child abuse is perpetrated by both parents. Researchers investigate the risk factors for child mistreatment where both parents are involved.

Fecal microbiota transplantation from healthy individuals can help slow the progression of early ALS by altering a patient's microbiome and intervening in the inflammation process.

Researchers dramatically improved the resolution of MRI imaging technology, leading to the sharpest images ever generated of the mouse brain.

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant explosion resulted in the most horrific nuclear disaster in the world.

Chemical signals released by muscles during exercise promote neural development in the brain, researchers report.

Discover the weirdest and most wonderful creatures to ever roam Earth with the latest animal news, features and articles from Live Science.

Combining data about pregnancy and birth with machine learning technology, researchers identified 17 out of 40 factors that are particularly strong when predicting the number of ADHD symptoms in childhood.

Study reveals how oligodendrocyte-lineage cells transfer cell material to neurons in mouse brains. The new understanding opens the door for the development of novel therapies for a range of neurodegenerative disorders.

Different people have similar neural activity when processing social information. Researchers reveal the occipital and temporal lobes are important hubs for social information processing.

The long-distance speed of animals that weigh more than a tonne is limited not by their bulk but by the need to stay cool, according to an analysis of more than 500 species

Researchers are finally getting to grips with how children's brains pick up reading. Now the challenge is to apply this to the classroom to help kids reach their potential in literacy

What actually is a neural network and are AIs conscious? Here are five important questions about artificial intelligence answered

Procrastination can steal hours of our time, but the latest research has some answers about how to reduce it, finds David Robson in his new 60-second psychology column

Here's a countdown of 10 common skin conditions, some benign and others life-threatening.

There is no doubt that the latest advances in artificial intelligence from OpenAI, Google, Baidu and others are more impressive than what came before, but are we in just another bubble of AI hype?

Scientists from Skoltech, Moscow Pedagogical State University, and other research centers have discovered a new class of defects in diamond that may be of use for quantum information processing and precise and remote tem...

A mystifying swirl of light recently appeared in the night sky above Alaska, briefly outshining a vibrant auroral display.

Towering underwater kelp forests generate a potential value of $500 billion each year by providing a boost to commercial fishing, as well as nitrogen and carbon removal

In a unique analysis of experimental data, nuclear physicists have made the first-ever observations of how lambda particles, so-called "strange matter," are produced by a specific process called semi-inclusive deep inela...

RIKEN physicists have created an exotic quantum state in a device with a disk-like geometry for the first time, showing that edges are not required. This demonstration opens the way for realizing other novel electronic b...

Iceberg B-22A, which first broke off from Antarctica's Thwaites Glacier in 2002, is finally moving away from the South Pole after being freed from its seafloor tether.