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A study of 4.5 million people suggests that ex-smokers who take up vaping are more at risk of dying from lung cancer than people who quit without the use of e-cigarettes

Small adjustments to relationship hierarchy completely reshape our behavioral expectations of reciprocal generosity.

A new study demonstrates that liver-based metabolic enzymes serve as primary biological regulators of cocaine addiction.

Our soils are teeming with networks of fungi, and we're starting to understand how important they are

It was widely thought that the movement of water through Venus flytrap cells caused the trap to close, but detailed experiments have led scientists to propose an alternative mechanism

So-called indirect greenhouse gases, including carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds, arent covered by climate policies even though they heat the planet

Global weather agencies have declared that El Niño has begun, and models show it is more likely than not to be a "super" El Niño. The climate pattern boosts extreme weather around the world, and could lead to r...

GaN-based vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) are promising for displays, sensing and optical communication, but improving efficiency remains challenging. Researchers have now shown that "cavity tuning,&...

While we still can't explain how AI works, algorithms are rapidly learning what makes us tick. And the gap is widening. The post AI Is Advancing Faster Than Our Ability to Understand It, Researchers Warn appeared fir...

The first global map of subterranean fungi networks reveals how massive its reach is worldwide.

Afamily's financial position and neighborhood resources exert the most powerful influence on a child's brain development.

In a quest to build the most accurate quantum sensors in the world, scientists are constantly improving their performance, making them more precise, more stable and more reliable. But eventually, physical constraints wil...

Repeated doses of a tuberculosis vaccine lowered insulin needs in patients with two forms of diabetes, new trial data show. But more research is needed to prove the benefit.

Sleep deprivation impairs the retrieval of social memories while leaving the underlying physical traces completely intact.

An international team whose research was coordinated by Osaka Metropolitan University (OMU) has reported the survival of metallic behavior in the strongly correlated molecular material ytterbium cesium fulleride (YbCsC)....

A drop of dye added to a glass of water undergoes ordinary diffusion. However, when placed on the surface of a foam, the dye spreads differently-diffusion becomes anomalous. An example of this is the pattern on the froth...

Slow, spontaneous fluctuations in hypothalamic histamine neurons gate moment-to-moment memory accessibility.

Learn how to photograph the Milky Way in June with expert astrophotography tips on dark skies, camera settings, timing and composition.

An experiment with a toy universe made up of extremely cold atoms shows how time can emerge from quantum interactions, instead of existing by default

Mirroring human neonatal obstructions like meconium ileus, this trial establishes Drosophila as an essential model to decipher how mechanical gut signals directly override central sleep-wake and appetite pathways.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gives the climate event a 63% chance to "rank among the largest El Niño events in the historical record going back to 1950."

Stars shine because atoms fuse in their interiors, releasing energy. When a very massive star has exhausted its nuclear fuel, radiation pressure can no longer provide sufficient counterforce to gravity. The star then col...