It has often been claimed that we learn language using brain circuits that are specifically dedicated to this purpose. Now, new evidence suggests that...
An upper jawbone complete with teeth found at a site called Misliya Cave, part of a complex of prehistoric caves along the western slopes of Mount Carmel...
A new study, conducted before and after the 2004 closure of a coal-burning power plant in China, found children born before the closure had shorter telomeres...
Duke University Professor Jennifer Groh and co-authors have found that keeping the head still but shifting the eyes to one side or the other sparks vibrations...
Daily consumption of a certain form of curcumin, a bioactive compound found in the cooking spice turmeric, improved memory and mood in people with age-related...
Consumption of fermentable fiber can prevent obesity, metabolic syndrome and adverse changes in the intestine by promoting growth of ‘good’ bacteria...
A team of researchers led by the University of California, Berkeley’s Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute has tracked the progress of a thought through...
According to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it is alarmingly easy to spread the influenza virus by simply...
Many of the genes involved in natural repair of the injured spinal cord of a fish called the lamprey are also active in the repair of the peripheral nervous...
According to a new study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, a high-salt diet reduces resting blood flow to the brain and causes dementia in...
A team of researchers from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the University of Cambridge, UK, has shown...
According to a new study published in the journal Circulation, proper exercise can reverse damage to sedentary, aging hearts and help prevent risk of future...
An international group of researchers has demonstrated that sauna bathing for 30 min reduces blood pressure and increases vascular compliance, while...
An international team of scientists led by Professor Hanns-Christian Gunga of Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin has observed that astronauts run hot...
According to a duo of researchers from State University of New York and Binghamton University, sleeping less than 8 hours a night is associated with repetitive...
People with Parkinson’s disease have lower levels of caffeine in their blood than people without the disease, even if they consumed the same amount of...
Though calcium taste doesn’t fit into the five established tastes the tongue’s receptors can identify, humans describe it as slightly bitter and sour....
A process using pluripotent stem cells from mice can generate skin tissue complete with hair follicles, according to a team of researchers from the Indiana...
