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The hormone has the ability to boost activity in the brain area linked to social behavior and could thus lead to more effective treatment

Male brains have more connections within hemispheres to optimize motor skills, whereas female brains are more connected between hemispheres to combine analytical and intuitive thinking

To predict and prevent the collapse of streets in Rome, geoscientists mapped high-risk areas of the quarry system

The oncillas found in northeastern Brazil belong to a different species from those elsewhere in South America, though they look virtually identical

Certain species in Brazil grab hold of one another to form a living collective that can float for weeks

The explosive growth of the human population—from 2.5 billion to 6 billion since the second half of the 20th century—may have already started changing how infectious diseases emerge

Their overall shape makes them one of the slowest swimmers on the planet. Still, they are unexpectedly effective at capturing prey

Mushrooms rely on evaporation to induce a bit of air flow

The plant-eating dinosaur drowned 70 million years ago. Its fossilized remains are so well preserved that some of its skin left impressions in the nearby rock

Researchers hope the findings will be used to create treatment for men who cannot produce healthy sperm cells

The heart represents one of the most ambitious goals for researchers working to create 3-D printed organs within the field of regenerative medicine

Women who had the highest levels of phthalate metabolites in their urine had a risk of preterm birth that was two to five times higher compared with women who had the lowest levels

Coralline algae show how Arctic sea ice has responded to climate swings on an annual scale for the past 650 years

The fossil of a tyrannosaurid and ceratopsid, which captures them as if they died in combat, could fetch millions of dollars

Certain brain areas are enlarged and white-matter tracts were better connected in people with larger social networks

American beech, red oak and sweet birch trees shaded Conestoga Creek. The same spot is now home to mostly box elder and sugar maple trees

The bone is the first snout ever found that belongs to the Apatosaurus, commonly referred to as the Brontosaurus

Reducing trans fat in foods could prevent 20,000 heart attacks and 7,000 deaths from heart disease each year

Although pilots may be thousands of miles away from the battlefield, a former drone pilot says distance doesn't numb the emotional impact of taking a life

Buildings constructed during the Middle Ages in Liechtenstein ride out earthquakes better than those built to modern standards

An experiment that brought basalt rock to the highest pressures ever tested mimicked the conditions inside the deepest part of Earth's mantle

As air pressure in New Jersey dramatically fell last October, more photographs were taken. And when air pressure in the state rose again, fewer photos were taken

A series of tracks in Oklahoma reveal where a dinosaur most likely slipped and caught itself before continuing on

Globs of decomposed fish flesh recently rose from deep in the Salton Sea, coagulated into spheres on the lake surface and surfed the waves to shore, leaving the high-water line littered with thousands of sticky balls of fish