What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human animals know from experience that we need to sleep, ...

The Universal Serial Bus. The one bus to rule them all.  It brought peace and stability to the world of computer peripherals.

Spending time in silence – through meditation, prayer or going solo in the wilderness – has been integral to spiritual and ...

Two new compounds may be able to treat retinitis pigmentosa, a group of inherited eye diseases that cause blindness. The compounds were identified using a virtual screening approach.

We've only recently discovered microplastics are a thing and we still don't know exactly how bad they are for our health.

Studies reveal important principles through which the brainstem regulates satiation, and begin to shed light on the neural determinants of meal size.

Columbia scientists have found specialized neurons in the brains of mice that order the animals to stop eating. Though many feeding circuits in the brain are known to play a role in monitoring food ...

Neurons in the brains of mice tell them to stop eating when they’ve had enough food – and since people probably have the same ...

Brain cancer is the second-leading cause of death in children in the developed world. For the children who survive, standard ...

Scientists have long tried to unlock the secrets to helping people live longer at the cellular level, where aging occurs because of the gradual shortening of protective caps called telomeres at the ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic bits less than five millimetres in size, come from breaking down larger plastics and are now ...

Washington State University scientists have created genetically-engineered mice that could help accelerate anti-aging research.