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A new study demonstrates that SuperAgers cannot be distinguished from cognitively average peers by APOE status or polygenic risk scores.

Increasing mechanical strain causes particle interactions to erase prior directional memory, providing a physical model for how short- and long-term biological memories compete and overwrite.

A new study demonstrates the feasibility of recall-by-genotype research using the diverse BioMe biobank.

An unusual 2,800-year-old Mesoamerican burial found in El Salvador included a face-down skeleton clutching a sea turtle vessel.

Even mild inflammation during pregnancy led mouse offspring to develop persistent brain overactivity, sensory sensitivity, repetitive behaviors, and increased seizure risk. Remarkably, one dose of rapamycin improved near...

Here's how to watch "Shark Week" 2026 online from anywhere, including the dates, schedule and synopses for the seven-day extravaganza.

Experts say the models didn't "go rogue" when they escaped a controlled cybersecurity test and hacked Hugging Face. Instead, they were pursuing the goal humans had given them in ways nobody anticipated.

Scientists expected SuperAgers might simply inherit fewer Alzheimers-related risks, but their genes looked much like those of typical older adults. Their extraordinary memories may instead come from still-unknown protect...

Recycling, greener diets, and other personal climate choices do not seem to distract people from supporting major environmental reforms. A four-year study of nearly 2,800 Australians found that these habits neither incre...

Given the "quasi" in quasiparticles, do scientists consider them to be real particles?

A major long-term study linked coffee consumption with lower risks of cirrhosis, liver cancer, and death from liver disease. Coffee drinkers also showed healthier liver scans and blood protein patterns, with less fat, in...

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Newer oral drugs related to semaglutide medications such as Ozempic reduced pleasure-driven eating in mice by quieting a deep brain reward circuit. The finding could open new avenues for understanding food cravings and p...