Russell McLendon is a science journalist and regular contributor to ScienceAlert. After graduating from the University of ...

Using living neurons as the foundation of computer chips promises to bring significant advantages over conventional systems ...

In the new research, Dillon and team analyzed whole-genome sequence data collected from 106 dogs between 2018 and 2019, ...

US politician Benjamin Franklin famously said that death and taxes are the only two certainties of life, and while plenty of ...

Glass sponges get their name from their delicate skeletons, made of silica – the same material that makes up glass. These ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most energetic cosmic events since the Big Bang, releasing the most energetic type of ...

Two male crows have performed better than humans and monkeys in a classic psychology task designed to test how the brain ...

The phrase "time is brain" is meant to convey the urgency of stroke treatment, emphasizing how a swift response can ...

For many years, scientists have reconstructed the space beyond Pluto from breadcrumbs – scattered discoveries and indirect ...

By some estimates, malignant tumors in the pancreas can recur in up to 80 percent of patients. Those with certain gene ...

Alexander disease is a rare genetic neurological disorder that affects less than one in a million people worldwide.

Could a car's entertainment system provide a route to its brakes? In 2015, security researchers demonstrated that possibility ...