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From its strange "spiral signals" to a libido switch, the brain contains myriad mysteries that scientists are still working to unravel.

Pigs that swallowed the vibrating pill before meals ate around 40% less than those that did not, according to the study.

A small study of older adults in Iberia suggests that infection with the common parasite Toxoplasma may be linked to 'inflammaging' and frailty in older adults.

From Mercury to Pluto (and maybe even Planet Nine), here are some of 2023's most intriguing discoveries about the planets, moons and other bodies in our solar system.

The US approved lecanemab to slow cognitive decline among people with early Alzheimer's, but not everyone is convinced the drug has that big of an impact - not to mention concerns over its safety and practicality

The skull of a woman from colonial Indonesia bears sharp force trauma, possibly due to slavers or because she was seen as a sorcerer.

Swallowing a pill fitted with a vibrating motor resulted in pigs eating less, suggesting a possible new approach for treating obesity

The ancient Scythians, a nomadic people known for their gold and warrior ways, used human skin for leather, a new study finds.

Femtosecond transient microscopy is an important tool to study ultrafast transport properties of excited states in solid-state samples. Most implementations are limited to photoexciting a single diffraction-limited spot ...

For decades, measurements of the universe's expansion have suggested a disparity known as the Hubble tension, which threatens to break cosmology as we know it. Now, on the eve of its second anniversary, a new finding by ...

The first study to capture brainwaves from reindeer shows that they take small naps throughout the day while chewing

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Non-fungible tokens promised to revolutionise the concept of ownership using the blockchain technology behind bitcoin, but the market seems to have all but collapsed

A new study highlights the significant impact of urban environments on the growth and development of children during their first 2000 days, from conception to age five. The study synthesized findings from 235 articles ac...

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has succeeded in directly observing the "anisotropic magneto-Thomson effect," a phenomenon in which the heat absorption/release proportional to an applied temperature d...

The stratosphere seems to be full of aluminium particles and other metals that come from spacecraft burning up in the atmosphere, and those particles could mess up polar clouds

The oldest ever black holes, a preview of our solar system's gory demise, and a measurement of distant starlight that threatens to bring the standard of cosmology crashing down -- here are the JWST's wildest discoveries ...

University of Chicago astronomer Wendy Freedman tells us how she's searching for an answer to the Hubble tension -- a discrepancy between measurements of our universe's expansion that could threaten the dominant model of...

A worldwide collaboration among meteorology services is trying to fill in the huge gaps in weather observations in countries vulnerable to climate change

Why is frankincense associated with Christmas and medical treatments?

A new study has found that combining aerobic exercise with groove rhythm (GR) music can significantly enhance executive function in the brain. Conducted with 48 healthy participants aged 18-26, the research revealed that...