A new translation of a 2018 book by French science historian Thibault Le Texier challenges the claims of one of psychology's ...

The failure to understand independence lies at the heart of two famous phenomena: the gambler's fallacy and the "hot hand" in ...

Eye tests could be a simple way to assess stroke risk. A new study identified 29 blood vessel 'fingerprints' in the retina – ...

In 2022, staff from Hanoi University purchased a selection of 'supergiant' isopods at a seaford market in Quy Nhơn City in ...

While dementia is much more common in older adults, hundreds of thousands of people are diagnosed with young-onset dementia ...

Earthquakes are some of the most devastating catastrophes our planet can unleash, yet we are still all-too-often taken by surprise when one strikes.

Firefighters battling the deadly wildfires that raced through the Los Angeles area in January 2025 have been hampered by a ...

A colossal ice core sample drilled in Antarctica may contain the oldest, unbroken timeline of Earth's climate, stretching ...

Carbon-rich cosmic dust comes from different sources and spreads out into space, where it's necessary for life and for the formation of rocky planets like ours.

Black holes themselves emit no light, but the supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies are often surrounded by ...

The Bible's lex talionis – "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the ...

The pathogen in question is called Naegleria fowleri. The "brain-eating" part makes it sound like an unlikely creature of ...