‘Ghost’ fossilized footprints of human, mammoths, giant sloths and other Pleistocene creatures discovered at the White Sands National Monument in New...
The new biofilm-specific vaccine, developed by researchers from the University of Maryland-Baltimore, Northern Arizona University and the University of...
The initial encounter between Neanderthals and anatomically modern Homo sapiens migrating out of Africa occurred more than 130,000 years ago in a region...
A study led by the University of Western Australia has found a positive correlation between mental health benefits and dog ownership.
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A new study, led Boston University researchers, shows that slow oscillating neural activity during non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep triggers waves of...
High-intensity interval training results in the greatest memory performance in inactive older adults compared to moderate training or stretching, according...
In a study published in the journal PLoS Genetics, researchers at the University of Bristol searched for the effects of heavy smoking using the UK Biobank...
Workers make around 13% more sales in weeks where they report being happy compared to weeks when they are unhappy, according to a study by researchers...
A team of scientists from Nanjing University and Lanzhou University of Technology has developed a stretchable light-emitting device that operates at low...
Our brain can recognize familiar music within just 100-300 milliseconds (0.1-0.3 of a second), according to a new study published in the journal Scientific...
Avocatin B, a fat molecule found only in avocados (Persea americana), can inhibit cellular processes that normally lead to diabetes, according to a study...
The earliest ancestors of anatomically modern Homo sapiens emerged in a region south of the Zambezi River in Botswana, Africa, according to a new analysis...
Middle Paleolithic hominins such as Neanderthals not only controlled fire, but also mastered the ability to generate it, according to new research led...
Are we alone in the Universe? It comes down to whether intelligence is a probable outcome of natural selection, or an improbable fluke. By definition,...
According to a new study published in the European Respiratory Journal, fatty tissue accumulates within the airway walls of people who are overweight or...
Modern individuals from the Pacific islands of Melanesia harbor adaptive copy number variants (CNVs) that they inherited from two groups of our evolutionary...
According to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports, when it comes to being willing to explore more efficient options to solving a problem, capuchin...
‘Special occasion drinking’ during pregnancy could cause insulin resistance, which increases the likelihood of diabetes, in male offspring, suggests...
Human breast milk contains many known antimicrobial and immunomodulatory molecules, including immunoglobulins, antimicrobial peptides, and fatty acids....
According to a new study published in the journal Science Advances, cartilage in our joints can repair itself through a process similar to that used by...
