For years, compulsive behaviors have been viewed as bad habits stuck on autopilot. But new research in rats found the ...

For the first time, researchers have shown that self-assembled phosphorus chains can host genuinely one-dimensional electron ...

More than a century after its discovery, Scandinavia’s oldest plank boat is finally giving up new secrets. By analyzing ...

A sweeping review of global research suggests that exercise—especially aerobic activities like running, swimming, and dancing ...

Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four ...

Researchers have built a realistic human mini spinal cord in the lab and used it to simulate traumatic injury. The model reproduced key damage seen in real spinal cord injuries, including inflammation ...

A parasite that may already be hiding in your brain has a shocking survival trick: it can infect the very immune cells sent to destroy it. Yet most people never get sick, and new research from UVA ...

New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos is heading toward a dramatic reversal: after ...

Psychedelics can quiet the brain’s visual input system, pushing it to replace missing details with vivid fragments from ...

A major new study suggests that eating the Nordic way could help you live significantly longer—while also helping the planet.

Scientists have uncovered a hidden partnership between pancreatic cancer and the nervous system. Support cells in the ...

A massive review of 23 randomized trials found that statins do not cause the vast majority of side effects listed on their ...