Scientists have uncovered an unexpected culprit behind sleep loss in Alzheimer’s disease: overactive immune cells in the ...

Eating blueberries every day could have surprising effects on mood, according to a small study that found greater reductions ...

A catastrophic volcanic eruption 7,300 years ago devastated Japan, but new research reveals that its impact on prehistoric ...

A study of nearly 90,000 adults found that people consuming the most of a little-known sugar found in red meat had a 63% higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Scientists suspect the sugar may ...

Researchers have identified striking parallels between Sigmund Freud’s century-old theories and modern neuroscience, ...

A psychedelic compound found in magic mushrooms appears to have an unexpected effect: calming highly aggressive fish.

Researchers have uncovered three brain pathways linked to lasting improvements in people receiving deep brain stimulation for ...

Eating too much salt may do more than raise blood pressure. It could also harm memory and social behavior. In a new study, Japanese researchers discovered that a soy-derived compound called LPC70 ...

Physicists have discovered a strange new state of quantum matter in which ultracold atoms defy familiar organizational rules, forming a highly excited yet surprisingly orderly configuration called a ...

Astronomers have uncovered a surprising rainbow of dead stars, including the first known star that would appear genuinely ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising difference in how male and female skin repairs and renews itself. By tracking individual skin stem cells in living mice for five months, researchers discovered ...

Scientists have discovered that some forest soils are becoming surprisingly better at removing methane from the atmosphere as ...