The Schrodinger's cat experiment is the source of many arguments in quantum mechanics, mostly because that was the whole ...

Pacific voyagers’ remarkable environmental knowledge allowed for long-distance navigation without Western technology An outrigger canoe would typically have several paddlers and one navig ...

(via Steve Mould) Döbereiner's lamp uses a platinum catalyst to react hydrogen with oxygen.

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a blood test that can identify early signs of Alzheimer’s ...

A new study has highlighted the complex emotions and ethical dilemmas of learning your future risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

Human beings are a panicky species – quick to fear and slow to understand. Over much of our evolutionary history, this ...

Ask scientists what gene editing tool is most needed to advance gene therapy, and they’d probably describe a system that’s ...

Tirzepatide (trade name Zepbound) promoted greater weight loss in individuals with obesity than did semaglutide (trade name ...

For decades, doctors and researchers have puzzled over a basic heart rhythm mystery: Why do women tend to have faster ...

A large-scale genomic study of over 1,500 individuals from 139 underrepresented Indigenous groups across northern Eurasia and ...

More than 60 million people are estimated to be living with dementia, resulting in over 1.5 million deaths a year and an annual cost to the global healthcare economy of around US $1.3 trillion (almos ...

Intermittent fasting is not only a useful tool for weight loss, it’s also shown to have many benefits for metabolic health – ...