Scientists have uncovered an unexpected culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: overactive immune cells in the ...

Astronomers have uncovered a surprising rainbow of dead stars, including the first known star that would appear genuinely ...

Eating blueberries every day could have surprising effects on mood, according to a small study that found greater reductions ...

A catastrophic volcanic eruption 7,300 years ago devastated Japan, but new research reveals that its impact on prehistoric ...

A study of nearly 90,000 adults found that people consuming the most of a little-known sugar found in red meat had a 63% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Scientists suspect the sugar may ...

Researchers have identified striking parallels between Sigmund Freud’s century-old theories and modern neuroscience, ...

A psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms appears to have an unexpected effect: calming highly aggressive fish.

Eating too much salt may do more than raise blood pressure. It could also harm memory and social behavior. In a new study, Japanese researchers discovered that a soy-derived compound called LPC70 ...

Researchers have uncovered three brain pathways linked to lasting improvements in people receiving deep brain stimulation for ...

Physicists have discovered a strange new state of quantum matter in which ultracold atoms defy familiar organizational rules, forming a highly excited yet surprisingly orderly configuration called a ...

Astronomers have uncovered compelling evidence of two supermassive black holes spiraling toward a potentially spectacular ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising difference in how male and female skin repairs and renews itself. By tracking individual skin stem cells in living mice for five months, researchers discovered ...