Cocaine seems to hijack brain pathways that prioritise food and water
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‘Vampire’ bacteria thirst for human blood — and cause deadly infections as they feed
Vampires don't only haunt the pages of classic novels and spook us in horror movies — they're also lurking inside the human body.In...
Weird magnetic quasiparticle could be used as a new type of bit in advanced...
A bizarre type of magnetic quasiparticle that looks like a tiny, swirling bubble could one day be used as a computing bit in...
Fossil snake discovered in India may have been the largest ever
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Siblings with unique genetic change help scientists progress drug search for type 1 diabetes
Two siblings who have the only known mutations in a key gene anywhere in the world have helped scientists gain new insights that...
New urine-based test detects high-grade prostate cancer, helping men avoid unnecessary biopsies
Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have developed a new urine-based test that addresses a major problem in prostate cancer:...
Jupiter’s moon Io has been a volcanic inferno for billions of years
Io, Jupiter’s innermost...
Why do people feel like they’re being watched, even when no one is there?
You're alone, and you suddenly have the sneaking suspicion that someone's there. Maybe you watched a scary movie or read the latest thriller...