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Higher empathy people appear to process music like a pleasurable proxy for a human encounter–in the brain regions for reward, social awareness and regulation of social emotions

The red squirrel, the wildcat, and the grey long-eared bat are all facing severe threats to their survival, according to new research.

The effects of psychedelic drugs on neurite density is a promising sign that they may be useful in treating depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Within days, the dust storm expanded to over 7 million square miles. It has covered Perseverance Valley, where Opportunity is currently located, and has blotted out the sunlight.

The trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years and some as wide as a bus is long, may have fallen victim to climate change, the team speculated.

It’s not just what makes males into males. The sex chromosome also influences health in hidden ways, some experts believe, and may even explain why men have shorter life spans.

Evidence for nanodiamonds in protoplanetary disks has grown over the past several decades. This is, however, the first clear connection between nanodiamonds and AME in any setting.

A study of skulls from pre-Columbian Peru suggests the success rates of surgeons there was up to 80% during the Inca era, compared with just 50% during the American Civil War some 400 years later.

Ms Jordan says the values passed down to her from centuries of tradition inform her, as she works to become the governor of Idaho.

A race is on to mine billions of dollars in resources from the solar system’s asteroids, fuelling our future among the stars.

The discovery, published Friday in Nature Communications, pushes back the proposed age of the bubonic plague by 1,000 years.

Two landmark discoveries reveal organic carbon on the red planet, shaping the future hunt for life on Mars.

Growth spurts of kelp are fueled by a diet of dissolved nitrogen. One of the main forms of nitrogen is nitrate, and although nitrate is scarce in the summer and fall, giant kelp continues to grow.

According to a comprehensive new study, many species take turns in their conversations, just like we do.

The Cannabis Act will now go back to the House of Commons, which passed the bill in November 2017 but needs to sign off on changes made by the Senate.

Orkney’s famous chambered cairns have been reconstructed in 3D with viewers able to explore and move around the tombs like never before.