Weighted blankets can help to improve sleep in adults with insomnia and other mental health conditions, including anxiety and depression, but results are...
Mathematical ability is moderately heritable, and it is a complex trait which can be evaluated in several different categories. A few genetic studies have...
Human infants are fascinated by other people. They bring to this fascination a constellation of rich and flexible expectations about the intentions motivating...
In the Copper Age, around 5,000 years ago, owl-shaped, engraved plaques were produced massively in the southwestern corner of the Iberian Peninsula. Researchers...
Approximately 20-30% of infants cry excessively and exhibit sleep difficulties for no apparent reason, causing parental stress and even triggering impulsive...
Myopia (short-sightedness) is associated with an increased risk of permanent vision loss. A metabolite of caffeine called 7-methylxanthine, licensed in...
An international team of paleoanthropologists has discovered a partial skull and teeth from an immature individual of Homo naledi, a recently-discovered...
Interactions between Brassica vegetables, such as cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, and cauliflower, and human saliva can affect in-mouth odor development,...
A series of previously unreported hand and foot impressions from the Tibetan Plateau dates to between 169,000 and 226,000 years ago (middle Pleistocene...
Caffeine consumed during pregnancy can change important brain pathways that could lead to behavioral problems later in life, according to new research...
Archaeologists have found traces of ruminant milk on pottery recovered from Neolithic sites in Europe.
Bronze Age baby bottles. Image credit: Enver-Hirsch,...
A new study has demonstrated an association of early-life behavioral problems, particularly early- and middle-childhood externalizing problems (restlessness,...
In a study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, a team of scientists from Rutgers University and elsewhere looked for...
In a study published in the journal Developmental Psychology, a team of researchers surprised adult and young participants by making information that was...
A high-resolution trace-element analysis of 2.6-2.1-million-year-old teeth from an extinct hominin called Australopithecus africanus has revealed that...
The benefits of growing up with a pet are well documented — these days dogs are even used in the classroom. That said, we sometimes forget that dogs...
According to new research, levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL), non-HDL and total cholesterol in U.S. youths have improved from 1999 to 2016, but...
Proficiency in reading and math is associated with a complex system of skills, some of which derive from personality traits. In new research, Dr. Margherita...
In 2017, the Seattle School District decided to delay the start time for secondary schools from 7:50 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. This change allowed a team of researchers...
Levels of exposure to outdoor air pollution among children with intellectual disabilities are significantly higher than those of children without intellectual...
