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Deadly nightshade produces berries that contain potent tropane alkaloids, including atropine and scopolamine, which interfere ...

Our biggest obstacle might not be technological,” author Scott E. Solomon said of future life on Mars. “It might be us.” ...

Scientists show that neutralizing liver-derived ApoE protein reverses age-related delays in bone fracture healing ...

Researchers used advanced imaging to uncover early molecular changes in bone that may enable earlier diagnosis of ...

The protein "neurofilament light chain" (NfL) – studied in humans in the context of neurodegenerative diseases and aging – is ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing ...

Researchers uncover a redox-regulated mechanism that determines whether bone fractures heal or progress to nonunion ...

An Ice Age double burial in Italy has yielded a stunning genetic revelation. DNA from a mother and daughter who lived over 12,000 years ago shows that the younger had a rare inherited growth disorder, ...

NASA should focus on the body and mind, not just engineering, for cosmic travel. Scott Solomon is a biologist and professor at Rice University and the author of “Becoming Martian: How Living in Space ...

A new robot out of China can change its shape by inflating or deflating, and its creators hope it can be put to use for search and rescue operations.

A new discovery in Cumbria reveals the oldest human remains found in Northern Britain: the burial of a young female child, ...