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Researchers have discovered a protein, neuritin, that is associated with cognitive resilience to Alzheimer's disease and may delay cognitive decline. This protein helps retain neuronal connections, even when toxic substa...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the second-ever medical treatment made from donated human feces.

Computer simulations of a human brain under the influence of LSD show that entropy increases the most in regions responsible for processing vision and integrating sensory information

People are more likely to take third-person photos, like selfies, when their goal is to capture the deeper meaning of an event, but opt for first-person photos when they want to document a physical experience, according ...

People with anxiety and major depressive disorders experience more alcohol-related symptoms than those without, even at the same levels of drinking. This finding may explain why those with anxiety or mood disorders are a...

A new study suggests that sharing positive feelings with others may ease loneliness-based negativity, which can contribute to psychological issues and physical health problems. Researchers at the University of Nebraska f...

Cancer patients who use cannabis to address their symptoms have less pain, sleep better, and after a few weeks of sustained use, appear to think more clearly. This study is among the first to assess how cannabis bought o...

A new study found that dogs with dementia suffer similar sleep disruptions as humans with dementia. Using EEGs, the researchers found that dogs with advanced dementia had more sleep disruptions and slept less overall tha...

A new study found brain differences between adults and children that potentially explain developmental differences in social interaction understanding. The study showed that children and adults might employ different str...

China's Zhurong rover has found evidence for liquid water on the surface of Mars - and it probably began as snow or frost that melted into sand dunes

A preclinical study found that suvorexant (Belsomra), an insomnia drug, could be a potential treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) in rats. If the results are replicated in humans, the drug could offer a promising trea...

26-year-old Andrea Papi was jogging on a woodland path when he was attacked and killed by a bear with three cubs.

Researchers compared written responses from physicians and ChatGPT to real-world health questions and found that a panel of licensed healthcare professionals preferred ChatGPT's responses 79% of the time, rating ChatGPT'...

A new study challenges conventional thinking on the role of short and long-term memories in relearning motor skills. Researchers found that fleeting short-term memories, rather than long-term ones, are responsible for ra...

A stunning composite image of the sun during a recent 'hybrid eclipse' in Australia is further proof that solar activity is ramping up.

The eruption was the most powerful natural explosion in over a century, triggering a tsunami hundreds of feet high.

A spring heatwave across parts of southern Europe is seeing temperature records for April broken in many countries. Why is this happening, and will the summer also be hot?

Ground-penetrating radar has revealed the outline of a Viking ship in a mound in southwest Norway that was once thought to be empty.

An international team of molecular chemists, physicists and nanomolecular scientists has found the molecule responsible for the bright, white-colored stripes sported by the Pacific cleaner shrimp. The study is published ...

It is a cliché that not knowing history makes one repeat it. As many people have also pointed out, the only thing we learn from history is that we rarely learn anything from history. People engage in land wars in Asia o...

Physicists have simulated strange objects from string theory to determine what they look like - if they exist, they could be mistaken for a black hole when imaged from very far away

In carbonated drinks, the wake from rising bubbles can disturb other bubbles. But when the molecules that give fizzy drinks their flavour coat the bubbles, they can form stable columns as they float