Why share when access to benefits is uncertain is crucial to our understanding of the evolution of cooperation in human societies. In a study published...
Multiple sclerosis is an immune-mediated autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that develops in genetically susceptible individuals and requires...
Over our species history, humans have typically lived in small groups of under a hundred individuals. But a new study, published in the journal Royal Society...
Neanderthal DNA introgressed in modern humans helped them adapt against RNA viruses, according to new research published in the journal Cell.
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Asthma is one of the most common lung diseases, affecting 241 million people worldwide. This disease is characterized by airflow limitation caused by inflammation,...
A research team led by Washington University scientists has found that children with severe scoliosis are twice as likely as children without the disease...
According to a systematic meta-analysis published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, vitamin D supplementation does not prevent fractures or falls,...
Scientists have long known that we are overwhelmed by too many choices. Now, Caltech Professor Colin Camerer and co-authors have discovered what’s happening...
A new study, led by researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, demonstrates the toxicity effect of artificial sweeteners on Escherichia...
An international team of researchers led by RMIT University has developed paper-based UV sensors that could help people manage vitamin absorption and avoid...
New evidence from Karnatukul (Serpents Glen), a rock shelter site in the Australian Western Desert, indicates that Aboriginal people lived in this interior...
Jered Chinnock, 29, injured his spinal cord at the thoracic vertebrae in the middle of his back in a snowmobile accident in 2013. He was diagnosed with...
Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) who learned how to gamble have helped neuroscientists locate an area of the brain linked to risky behavior. The findings,...
According to a new study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, older adults with irregular sleep patterns weigh more, have higher blood sugar and...
Human skeletal stem cells capable of self-renewal and multilineage differentiation to bone, cartilage, and stroma have been isolated by Dr. Michael Longaker...
A new study reveals that a traditional Mediterranean-style diet reduces stroke risk among white adults who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease....
A team of researchers from the Universities of Queensland and Sydney, Australia, has performed the first comprehensive characterization of a polypeptidic...
A team of researchers at Northwestern University has sifted through data from more than 1.5 million people around the world and found at least four distinct...
