Many of us begin a new year hoping to become better versions of ourselves. Some aim to improve their health, others focus on ...

Getting out of a chair shouldn't be a struggle. Yet for many older adults, simple everyday movements like this become ...

Simple pharmaceutical interventions could help older brains cope with memory impairment and recovery after surgery, new ...

Eating less may rewire aging muscles in surprisingly different ways for males and females. A new study shows that cutting calorie intake triggers sweeping changes in the proteins of rat skeletal ...

Muscle memory isn't just about muscles; it's your brain and nervous system adapting to repeated movements, making them automatic. Previously trained muscles also retain structural changes, allowing ...

I promise it wasn't on purpose. Trump expected to sign executive order to reclassify marijuana as soon as Monday, source tells CNBC; pot stocks surge After winning his first Oscar, Tom Cruise kept ...

ZHEJIANG, East China — Before wrestling a real bull, trainees at China’s last bull wrestling academy must first square off with a carved wooden head bolted to a courtyard wall. Lock the neck, shift ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a devastating cause of memory loss and cognitive decline, for which no curative treatment is available. Among lifestyle factors, physical activity stands out as possibly ...

You may not be able to grow bigger muscles out of thin air, but you can 3D print them in microgravity, scientists at ETH Zurich have now established. "3D printing" refers to a type of manufacturing ...

Boston University professor and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez promoted his new book, which dives into his experiences with grief after the death of his research partner and explores the science of ...

Imagine a rubber band that turns into a steel cable on command. Now imagine it’s inside a robot. That’s the basic trick of a new artificial muscle built by researchers at the Ulsan National Institute ...

Repetition (doing the same thing repeatedly) is essential for learning and mastering new skills. Task repetition is a key to transforming short-term memories into long-term memories. Repetition is ...