The study suggests that planets closest to their stars, especially those that orbit their stars in just 12 days or less, are at a higher risk of being sent to their doom by their aging suns.

Super-recognizers are aces at remembering faces, but how do they do it? A new study from researchers in Australia reveals that the people who never forget faces look 'smarter, not harder'.

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Serotonin is often described as the happiness chemical because of its well-known role in regulating mood. However, recent ...

Washing raw chicken might seem like the hygienic thing to do, but it's actually unnecessary and can even be dangerous.

A woolly mammoth that lived and died nearly 40,000 years ago has given us a spectacular scientific first, millennia later.

In the US, around 55,000 more women than men experience a stroke each year. This is partly because women live longer. However ...

For the first time, scientists determined the shape of a supernova's shock front as it burst through the surface of a dying ...

Anxiety disorders are the world's most common type of mental health condition, impacting the lives of around 360 million ...

When Nebraska woman Alex Simpson was just two months old, she was diagnosed with a rare congenital brain condition that meant she may not survive to her first birthday.

One of the world's most common viral infections could underlie virtually every case of lupus, according to a recent study ...

But even something as routine as swallowing a pill can sometimes cause harm. Pill-induced esophagitis occurs when a tablet or ...