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Some, but not all, research suggests that more women recall events that happened under anesthesia than men do, and that women wake up from anesthesia faster than men.

An object's color appears differently under different lighting and against different backgrounds -- for different viewers. But that doesn't mean colors are subjective.

Scientists have long known that Saturn's largest moon, Titan, hosts rivers and seas of liquid methane. But it's strangely lacking in river deltas, a new study suggests.

A new study reveals that people worldwide turn to song lyrics as emotional anchors during crises, such as the COVID-19 lockdowns. Researchers found that lyrical themes--like loss, belonging, and reflection--played a far ...

A new study finds that male house mice adopt flexible mating strategies tied to their personality traits and environment. Some males consistently defend territories, while others roam for mates, adjusting based on body c...

Researchers have identified a biomarker in spinal fluid that can detect Parkinson's disease in its early stages with over 90% accuracy. Using a patented immuno-infrared sensor (iRS) technology, they measured the misfoldi...

Exceptional points (EPs) are unique types of energy-level degeneracies that occur in non-Hermitian systems. Since their existence was first proposed more than a century ago, physicists have only been able to experimental...

Late midlife can be a powerful period of personal growth, marked by increasing self-transcendence through life storytelling. Researchers observed that people who actively reflect on and reinterpret their life experiences...

Is your knowledge of Pompeii strong enough to withstand our flow of questions?

AIs can outperform humans easily on short tasks, but longer ones are the true hurdle to overcome before we can deem them to be truly intelligent systems.

One of the Hubble Space Telescope's most iconic images has been reprocessed using the latest techniques.

Gravity plays a big role in burping, so could an astronaut burp in space?