Birds string together meaningless sounds to make 'words'

A new study sheds light on whether animal vocalizations, like human words, are constructed from smaller…

New drug may protect against memory loss in Alzheimer's disease

A new drug discovered may protect against memory loss, nerve damage and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s…

Rocks at asteroid impact site record first day of dinosaur extinction

The research centers on the asteroid impact that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs, with the researchers getting…

Good at math? It means little if you're not confident

Being good at math relates to better financial and medical outcomes — unless you don’t have…

Brain cells that suppress drug cravings may be the secret to better addiction medicines

Scientists have shed light on poorly understood brain mechanisms that suppress drug and alcohol cravings, uncovering…

Employee contract structures in startups can be determining factors of success

Conventional wisdom in the startup community is that with the right incentives, the venture can meet…

Liquid biopsies reveal genetic alterations linked to cancer drug resistance

New research shows that liquid biopsies taken from blood provide a more complete picture than traditional…

World-record field strength for accelerator magnet

Scientists have announced that they achieved the highest magnetic field strength ever recorded for an accelerator…

How stress can weaken defenses

Research shows how a dynamic regulation of a stress neurohormone regulates the trade-off between acute and…

Deepest optical image of first neutron star merger

Astronomers have painstakingly constructed the afterglow of GW170817, the historic neutron star merger captured in 2017,…