American writer and humorist Mark Twain, a master of language and noted lecturer, once offered, “The right word may be effective, but no word was…
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A healthcare worker holds syringes with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre, in El Paso, Texas, May…
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Rough night of sleep? Relying on caffeine to get you through the day isn’t always the answer, says a new study from Michigan State University.…
Non-parents expand the range of their facial expressions in caring for infants among primates, a team of anthropologists has found. The study shows the ability,…
Mitochondria are the cell’s power plants and produce the majority of a cell’s energy needs through an electrochemical process called electron transport chain coupled to…
The lifestyle of the horned passalus beetle, commonly known as the bessbug or betsy beetle, might seem downright disgusting to the average human: Not only…
Using novel imaging methods for studying brain metabolism, University of Kentucky researchers have identified the reservoir for a necessary sugar in the brain. Glycogen serves…
Alzheimer’s disease — also called dementia — where memory and cognitive functions gradually decline due to deformation and death of neurons, and Parkinson’s disease that…
What information is retained in a memory over time, and which parts get lost? These questions have led to many scientific theories over the years,…