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A single week of intensive meditation and mind-body practices led to measurable changes across the brain and body. Researchers observed improved brain efficiency, boosted immune signaling, and increased natural pain relief chemicals in participants' ...

A surprising new study reveals that what you eat could play a powerful role in fighting cholera, a deadly diarrheal disease. Researchers found that diets rich in certain proteins--especially casein from dairy and wheat gluten--can dramatically reduce ...

A team of engineers has created a breakthrough memory device that keeps working at temperatures hotter than molten lava, shattering one of electronics' biggest limits. Built from an unusual stack of ultra-durable materials, the tiny component can ...

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica--stronger than all the world's rivers combined--played a far more complex role in shaping Earth's climate than scientists once thought. New research shows it didn't form just because ocean gateways ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once believed. Dating back over 540 million years, the .. ...

Earth may have won a cosmic chemistry lottery. Researchers found that during the planet's earliest formation, oxygen had to be in an extremely narrow "Goldilocks zone" for two life-essential elements, phosphorus and nitrogen, to stay where life could ...

A strange "forbidden" planet spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope is turning planetary science on its head. TOI-5205 b, a Jupiter-sized world orbiting a small, cool star, has an atmosphere surprisingly poor in heavy elements--even less enriched ...

Is consciousness something the brain produces, or is it woven into the fabric of reality itself? Renowned neuroscientist Christof Koch is challenging long-held scientific assumptions by confronting the "hard problem" of consciousness -- why and how . ...

Your brain's "stop eating" signal may come from an unexpected source. Researchers found that astrocytes--once thought to just support neurons--actually play a key role in controlling appetite. After a meal, glucose triggers tanycytes, which send ...

A newly discovered group of tarantulas is so bizarre that scientists had to invent a whole new genus--Satyrex--to describe them. With unusually long mating appendages and fierce, hissing defenses, these spiders are as strange as they are intimidating ...