For decades, scientists have targeted the sticky protein clumps that amass in Alzheimer's brains as a potential way of ...

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Serotonin is often described as the happiness chemical because of its well-known role in regulating mood. However, recent ...

A time crystal that beats to the rhythm of both order and chaos has revealed a new way in which matter can keep time.

Super-recognizers are aces at remembering faces, but how do they do it? A new study from researchers in Australia reveals that the people who never forget faces look 'smarter, not harder'.

The study suggests that planets closest to their stars, especially those that orbit their stars in just 12 days or less, are at a higher risk of being sent to their doom by their aging suns.

A particle accelerator that produces intense X-rays could be squeezed into a device that fits on a table, my colleagues and I have found in a new research project.

What's the retinal resolution of the human eye, or how many pixels can we actually perceive? And is there any point in ...

Washing raw chicken might seem like the hygienic thing to do, but it's actually unnecessary and can even be dangerous.

A woolly mammoth that lived and died nearly 40,000 years ago has given us a spectacular scientific first, millennia later.

A thorough investigation published in May 2023 found that the inner core of the Moon is, in fact, a solid ball with a density ...

One of the world's most common viral infections could underlie virtually every case of lupus, according to a recent study ...