Higher coffee intake may help reduce the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease, according to a University of Copenhagen-led study.
Coffee consumption is...
A multinational team of scientists has sequenced the first genome of an individual from the Harappan Civilization. The genome, which belongs to a woman...
A new study has demonstrated an association of early-life behavioral problems, particularly early- and middle-childhood externalizing problems (restlessness,...
According to a series of experiments by Yale University and University of Bath researchers, ordinary people see beauty in complex mathematical arguments...
An international team of scientists from Canada and Europe has identified the missing part of a fifth finger bone from the Denisova Cave, revealing that...
Sleep is crucial for our survival, and many conditions, including cancer, autoimmune disorders, cardiovascular disease, and Alzheimer’s, are linked to...
University of Copenhagen researcher Isabelle Augenstein and colleagues trawled through 3.5 million fiction and non-fiction books, all published in English...
Human and non-human primate studies show that in adolescence, a time of increased reactive behavior, self control is limited.
A juvenile rhesus macaque...
People with higher optimism are more likely to live longer and to achieve ‘exceptional longevity,’ that is, living to the age of 85 or beyond, according...
Many of us know that feeling of waking up, headache in tow, struggling to remember what we said and did after that extra drink the night before. And then...
Astrocytes, long considered to be passive elements in the brain, are required to establish long-lasting memories, according to a study in mice.
Astrocytes...
People who have dogs are more likely to achieve the recommended level of behavioral cardiovascular health metrics such as physical activity and diet than...
Short-term and intermittent fasting reduces chronic inflammation and improves chronic inflammatory diseases without affecting the immune system’s response...
An international team of scientists has found alterations of task-based functional brain connectivity in a group of astronauts after a long-duration spaceflight....
A collection of stone artifacts unearthed at the archaeological site of Tolbor-16 in the northern Khangai Mountains of Mongolia indicates that anatomically...
A team of scientists at Karolinska Institutet has discovered a previously unknown meshlike organ in the skin that is sensitive to painful mechanical damage,...
In a new study, an international team of researchers analyzed data from the Danish Diet, Cancer and Health cohort that monitored the diets of 53,048 Danes...
Drinking too much coffee or other caffeinated beverages may be a trigger for headaches among migraineurs, according to new research.
Mostofsky et al aimed...
People who are the most optimistic tend to sleep better and longer, according to a new study published in the journal Behavioral Medicine.
Hernandez et...