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The most detailed map of the human brain ever completed is now available for perusal online, giving neuroscientists a greater understanding of how cells are grouped and arranged inside the brain.
Despite having 30-year lifespans, mole rats are known in scientific circles to be cancer proof. Researchers think their resistance is thanks to tissue very rich with high molecular weight hyaluronan (HMW-HA).
MIT medical researchers have created an algorithm that accurately measures a person's pulse by tracking how the head moves involuntarily when blood is pumped from the heart to the brain.
Smoke-free products such as electronic cigarettes are a safer alternative to smoking cigarettes, despite the FDA's obstinate refusal to permit companies from saying so.
Silver, known since ancient times to have antimicrobial properties, can disrupt bacteria and possibly deal with the modern scourge of antibiotic resistant bacteria, say Boston University researchers.
If you can't make it out to a cafe, a new website allows you to bring the bustling energy directly to your computer. The site is called Coffitivity. It's free and plays an ambient coffee shop soundtrack.
The election of moderate Iranian presidential candidate Hassan Rohani represents an opportunity for the West to engage Iran with fresh negotiations over its nuclear energy program.
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who went public with the NSA's clandestine data mining operation, forms part of an increasing crossover between government and private cybersecurity organizations.
A massive urban development program, in which the Chinese government aims to relocate 250 million peasant farmers to burgeoning urban centers, is set to begin in earnest this fall.
The population boom of the modern era--there are about seven billion people today living on the planet, up from two billion in 1920--has resulted in an aging world population.
The world faces a difficult task in brining energy to poor populations while mitigating the effects of climate change, which is why creating innovative energy programs must be a global priority.
Toddlers' speech patterns were thought to lack the grammatical architecture used by adults, but new research suggests that children just learning to talk have already begun obeying grammatical rules.
As we move toward a more cashless society, the dangers of credit transactions are becoming more apparent as those vulnerable to abusing credit also increase in number.
New research suggests that the father-child bond is remarkably similar to the mother-child bond in terms of the essential physical communication that takes place during a child's infant years.
During a crisis, the demonstration of wealth via the purchase of luxury items is more effective at exhibiting qualities favorable to survivability than such purchases in favorable economic times.
Study after study tells us somewhat disturbing things about the solidity of human character: There is no single version of "you" and "me" even though we talk as if there were.
In experiments on non-human primates, biologists are working to switch off the gene, controlled by proteins myostatin and activin A, that keeps muscle mass between certain boundaries.
By injecting a virus with a normal gene directly into the retina of an eye with a defective gene, researchers have successfully restored some sight to more than a dozen people with a rare inherited eye disease.
The Supreme Court has ruled against a Utah-based genetic testing company in a decision which defines the legal limits of ownership over the building blocks of life.
Public health researchers have found that when employees are given a day or two of paid recovery time, the influenza virus spreads through the office at a much slower rate, further reducing absences.