Take a look around your home and you'll find yourself surrounded by familiar comforts-photos of family and friends on the ...

Researchers have discovered a new type of neuron that plays a fundamental role in recognition memory -- how the brain registers the difference between new and familiar objects and forms long-term ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

Mewing is an oral training technique involving flattening the tongue against the mouth roof to improve the jawline. What are ...

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the hardest types of cancer to treat and has often already spread by the time people are diagnosed. It mainly arises from neuroendocrine (NE) cells, which help ...

If you are bitten by a large, black spider in Australia, the medical advice is to treat is as an emergency. However, not all such spiders are dangerous, with some often mistaken for the notorious ...

Often dismissed as pests, rats have long been misunderstood. But the African giant pouched rat (Cricetomys ansorgei), the world’s longest, is challenging that perception. With its intelligence and ...

The bite from a brown recluse can be serious, but that doesn't mean it's always life-threatening. This is what to do if you're bitten.

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute have found that some particularly aggressive lung cancer cells can develop their ...

In a darkened forest of central Colombia, a 2-foot-long mammal climbed a tree and paused to rest its “completely spiny” body.

“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...