The contraceptive pill desogestrel has been linked to a small increase in the risk of developing an intracranial meningioma ...

One of the first brain cells shown to make insulin is the neurogliaform cell. These live in a brain area important for ...

The D" layer, some 2,700 kilometers (nearly 1,700 miles) below our feet, has been mystifying scientists for decades.

A Yukawa particle is the hypothesized mediator of a possible force within the cores of atoms. If it exists, it would have a ...

Designed to capture the radio spurts of cosmic rays falling from above, in 2006 the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna ( ...

A solar eclipse is a marvel. This quirk of the complex interplay between Earth, the Moon, and the Sun doesn't just remind us ...

Alcohol disrupts immune cells' ability to reach and repair injured tissues – slowing the regeneration of healthy muscle, ...

Ghrelin, produced primarily in the stomach, signals that you are hungry, while leptin, which is produced in the fat cells, tells your brain that you are full. Even one night of restricted sleep ...

Scientists have just discovered hundreds of new giant viruses, in a comprehensive study covering oceans across the globe.

Sometimes, it's really hard to see the volcanoes for the rocks, especially if you're just a one-ton rover all alone in a ...

A spacecraft's-eye view over the landscapes of Mars has just given us a first-of-its-kind glimpse of the giant, ancient ...

A careful alignment of three powerful lasers could generate a mysterious fourth beam of light that is throttled out of the ...