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Strong social ties may preserve memory in old age, according to a new study conducted at the Ohio State University.

A sustainable world powered entirely by renewable energy sources is viable, according to a new study from scientists in...

What impact could a more active commute have for your heart health?

Using data gathered by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Satellite (GRACE) from 2002 to 2016, a team at NASA Goddard...

Driverless cars used to be something that only appeared in science fiction, but they’re swiftly becoming a reality....

Or do we have to choose?

The beginning of the genome revolution?

Soil samples from all over the world have been studied to uncover the bacteria they contain. The vast majority of the...

Reprogrammed stem cells have been used to grow human muscles...

Scientists grow functioning muscle in the lab

Not feeling the cold could be key to the ability of hibernators, like squirrels and hamsters, to snooze their way...

Scientists have found that immune system cells provide growth hormones to the developing embryo...

How the building blocks of life might have formed

A DNA-based drug that can penetrate brain cells to block the production of a toxic protein might be about to...

Wine glasses have ballooned in size and are now over 7 times larger than they were in the 1700s, researchers in the UK...

Can computers speak dolphin?

Evolution in our lifetime?

Scientists have discovered the key reefs that could save other reefs from destruction...

A brain hormone that controls water balance in the body also plays a key role in creating new blood cells, a new study...

Hundreds of fossilised dinosaur eggs, some with preserved chicks still inside, have been uncovered by scientists in...

Heavy drinkers are more likely to choose strongly alcoholic drinks associated with negative emotions, such as...

Mice exposed to allergens pass on protective proteins to offspring through breastfeeding

Dolly the cloned sheep didn't have early-onset arthritis, a new study looking at her skeleton has concluded.

Cancers carry microbes with them when they spread around the body, suggesting that bacteria might promote the process,...