Poor oral health may significantly reduce life expectancy, according to a new Japanese study…
Common self-sabotaging and self-harming practices, such as procrastination, perfectionism, or ghosting others, may appear destructive and purposeless, but may actually have a logical evolutionary explanation.
Outlined in more detail in Charlie…
Astronomers studying the early universe have identified a galaxy cluster that appears far hotter — and far more energetic — than current theories say it should be. To spot it, researchers had to peer back roughly 12 billion years, observing…
Far from being defenceless, plants have acquired all kinds of weird and wacky ways to protect themselves against pests and predators. Some, according to a study in the Journal of Chemical Ecology, release latex to trap unsuspecting insects….
Roaming the galaxy, alone and untethered, is a mysterious group of free-floating — or rogue — planets. Because of their elusive nature, little is known about their properties or formation.
Now, with the help of some extraordinary luck, an…
Drivers may do well to hang up the phone and listen to an audiobook instead. Talking can trigger brief delays in eye movements that may slow reaction times and impede hazard detection, new research suggests.
While previous studies have shown that…
Human herpesvirus 6 is nearly universal today, infecting most people in early childhood. New evidence suggests that this relationship is far older than modern medicine — and in some cases, far more permanent — than previously proven.
A new…
As our body ages, so too does our brain. But as new research examining brain function and structure goes to show, it is not a clear-cut story of decline. In fact, the brain undergoes a series of “synergistic” and “contradictory” changes that…
Every January, millions of people resolve to multitask better, focus longer, or finally break old habits. But while some brains seem to pivot effortlessly from one task to the next, others struggle to change mental gears at all.
New neuroscience…
