Broken connections between brain cells play a critical role in multiple neurodegenerative conditions, including Parkinson's disease.

A bizarre reptile once scurried through the Triassic treetops with an extravagant crest on its back, one made from neither ...

According to new research, communication between the gut and the brain is sophisticated enough to be classed as a new and ...

The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling ...

However, we might also want to look for hints of alien origin. One very strong piece of evidence would be any kind of radio ...

Two of Arizona's most famous landmarks may be linked by cosmic violence: the asteroid that gouged out Meteor Crater may have ...

A stunning new fossil find from the Grand Canyon fills in some blanks from a time when evolution began experimenting with weird new forms.

Astronomers have spotted a variety of weirdly blinking phenomena out there in the big wide Milky Way through history, but a ...

The special brains of spiders may have started to evolve in the oceans, long before their ancestors crawled onto land.

Dopamine is one of the most extensively studied chemical messengers in the human brain, and yet scientists are still figuring ...

That's why ingesting chlorine dioxide often leads to nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhoea. In extreme cases, the chemical can burn through the gut lining, leading to bowel perforation – a ...

Across all the trials, a modest but noticeable short-term effect was found, translating to up to a 28 percent reduction in ...