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A recent discovery identified a specific type of neuronal connection in the prefrontal cortex responsible for updating our understanding of the world and its rules. The connection, formed by inhibitory neurons, communica...

A human immune system protein called butyrophilin helps to stop bird flu from infecting people, but some viruses currently circulating have mutations that might overcome this barrier

Warmer temperatures increase the amount of precipitation that falls as rain instead of snow, leading to more extreme rainfall in snowy places

A new study involving over 22,000 people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has identified a genetic variant associated with the disease's faster progression. The research discovered a genetic variant that significantly affect...

An infant star system contains the basic building block for organic chemistry, new James Webb Space Telescope images reveal.

Encouraging children to indulge in reading for pleasure can enhance their cognitive and mental health during adolescence, a recent study reveals. The research, involving over 10,000 young adolescents from the US, discove...

Scientists refer to atomic nuclei as "quantum many-body systems" because they are formed by many particles (nucleons, which include neutrons and protons) that interact with each other in complex ways. Nuclei can absorb e...

Octopuses, despite their completely different brain structures, display sleep cycles akin to humans. The research reveals octopuses enter an active sleep phase similar to REM sleep in humans, suggesting the existence of ...

A heartwarming video shows a 28-year-old captive chimpanzee finally seeing the sky.

Engineers from Rice University and the University of Maryland have created full-motion video technology that could potentially be used to make cameras that peer through fog, smoke, driving rain, murky water, skin, bone a...

An analysis of foraging societies from around the world has found that women hunt in the vast majority of those looked at, confirming that the idea of gender division in providing food is a myth

Researchers have identified a brain region, the rostro-medial prefrontal cortex, which reacts differently to social rejection in individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). This region, typically more active ...

Scientists studying hunter-gatherer societies around the world discovered the stereotypes that men were hunters and women were gatherers was wrong.

Eugenia Cheng's latest book about mathematics asks deceptively simple questions that hint at the deep mysteries beneath

Claims that superintelligent AI poses a threat to humanity are frightening, but only because they distract from the real issues today, argues Mhairi Aitken, an ethics fellow at The Alan Turing Institute

These images reveal a very special garden, designed by artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg along with her garden-planning AI algorithm in order to generate garden plans that maximise the number of different pollinators

In the push to give nature and the climate a chance to thrive amid growing agricultural pressures, words like rewilding have become de rigueur among researchers. Just don't tell the farmers, says Graham Lawton

A 2,000-year-old Pompeian fresco offers a mouthwatering taste of the Roman diet.

Scientists have worked out the consistency of the magma under the Yellowstone caldera using seismic waves -- and the reservoir is filled with "mush" that doesn't pose an imminent eruption threat.

The research team led by academician Guo Guangcan and Prof. Ren Xifeng from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) achieved quantum photonic sources at cryogenic...

Squash bugs need certain kinds of gut bacteria to survive, but young nymphs don't get any from their parents - so they have to acquire them by eating other adults' faeces

By looking at electrical signals octopuses produce in their brain while asleep and awake, researchers have gathered some of the best evidence yet that the cephalopods dream