Science

An implicit mental map of how negatively others will perceive them sets the level of shame people feel about a potential action.

A new study investigates collaboration among scientists, researchers, and other figures whose work advances the field of tropical ecology.

Progress in treating chronic illness, where the cause of the problem is often unknown, has lagged. Chronic conditions like cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease...

Men and women with high blood pressure reduced the need for antihypertensive medications by making lifestyle changes. A 16-week program, focused on the DASH...

Researchers have developed a high-reliability artificial electronic synaptic device that simulates neurons and synapses. The finding is expected to be utilized in the development...

Scientists are developing a blood test that quickly and easily detects whether a person is at risk of a secondary heart attack. The researchers...

How and why human-unique characteristics such as highly social behavior, languages and complex culture have evolved is a long-standing question. A research team has...

Researchers have shown that resident artificial cells abandon their protocell hosts by displaying antagonistic behavior on receiving a chemical signal.

The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren has changed. The shared lifetime between grandmothers and their grandchildren has a fundamental effect...

Why do some people comfortably walk between skyscrapers on a high-wire or raft the Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel whereas others freeze on...