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 ...

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 ( ...

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

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 ...

"No other telescope has been able to detect both real-time changes in the sky and faint or distant objects at the same time ...