To test whether the neurons were functional, the researchers injected them into the brains of rats treated with a neurotoxin ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

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Humans have been making music for millennia. By the third millennium bc, sculptures and early written records suggest that ...

One of the great mysteries of the monkeypox virus has been pinpointing its ‘reservoir’ hosts — the animals that carry and ...

Communities of researchers worldwide are taking on the toxic research cultures that drive poor psychological health among ...

Researchers have created the largest and most detailed wiring diagram of a mammalian brain to date, by mapping cells in a ...

With efforts towards gender equality stalling, voting in a first female head of the UN would provide powerful representation ...

Researchers are studying why the energy factories are moving between cells and whether the process can be harnessed to treat ...

In total, childhood vaccinations have saved about 154 million lives over the past 50 years. Most of these are thanks to the ...

Funding for the National Science Foundation, which finances research at US bases on the icy continent, has already been ...