Why do our mental images stay sharp even when we are moving fast? A team of neuroscientists has identified a mechanism that corrects visual distortions caused by movement in animals. The study, ...

A top European human rights official has called on Greece to address allegations of negligence in a deadly 2023 migrant ...

The COVID-19 pandemic illuminated a vast landscape of misinformation about many topics, science and health chief among them.

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders that respect biological reality in areas from medicine to ...

Short snouts and a flat profile -- within a span of 100 years, humans have significantly changed the shape of the skulls of German domestic pigs. This is likely down to new breeding practices ...

A new mathematical model sheds light on how the brain processes different cues, such as sights and sounds, during decision making. The findings from Princeton neuroscientists may one day improve how ...

Background Cancer, a major global health challenge, not only threatens lives but also imposes severe financial burdens, known as ‘financial toxicity’. This strain extends beyond treatment costs to ...

Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...

The cerebral cortex is the largest part of a mammal's brain, and by some measures, the most important. In humans in particular, it's where most things happen—like perception, thinking, memory storage ...

To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...

High consumption of ultraprocessed foods containing high levels of added sugars, saturated fat, and sodium is associated with obesity in early childhood, especially in boys.