A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The ...

What do you get when you take an alien parasite and smush it together with a human being? Would you get to become a supercharged, head-eating anti hero like Venom? Or would you die a slow and painful ...

The appearance of someone's rear end may reveal a hidden sign that they're dealing with autism, ADHD, or both.

We are 25 years in to the 21st Century and everything has been on the up and up in terms of the adult animation industry. At ...

The brain goes through five distinct stages between birth and death, a new study shows. PREMIUM A scientist views a patient's brain MRI. Scientists identified the average ages—9, 32, 66 and 83—when ...

He pushed the drill carefully through the last bit of bone. He inserted the thing using the tweezers. He sutured the hole, which required the same degree of backward coordination. The surgery was done ...

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, ...

Most kids can’t wait to turn 18 when they’re growing up. It’s the age that you officially become an adult and get to take on all kinds of new responsibilities — some fun, and some not so fun. What you ...

Eating a daily serving of peanuts may help older adults improve blood flow to their brains and boost memory, according to new research. In a study published in Clinical Nutrition, scientists at the ...

CAMBRIDGE, UK — The human brain doesn't simply grow and then decline. Instead, it moves through five distinct structural phases over a lifetime, separated by four major turning points at ages 9, 32, ...