They weren’t snakes, of course, but nematodes, also known as roundworms—and, it turns out, they’re the most common ...

Using brain mapping, genetic engineering and machine learning, scientists reveal how parasitic bacteria take over fruit fly ...

Is there a difference in brain structure between men and women? If we were to find such a difference in a single neuron, ...

“Humans are not infected by the adult tapeworms within the dog, but instead ingest Echinococcus eggs passed in dog feces by ...

Rachael Stirling was “s*** scared” of her mother, Dame Diana Rigg. The 47-year-old actress revealed that her famous mother tried to discourage her from following in her acting footsteps and was ...

Active people also showed less age-related shrinkage in brain regions associated with memory and Alzheimer’s, researchers noted. “Even those who did less physical activity than recommended had ...

Autism, an umbrella term for a spectrum of developmental disorders that can look vastly different from one person to the next ...

The Austrian boss sees football for what it is, a game built on errors and believes that only when players are freed from fear can they ... career was cut short by a brain haemorrhage after ...

With the rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., brain worms have gotten a bad rap. A year ago, the long-time anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary famously told The New York Times that a ...

For the first time, scientists have an image of what happens inside an ant's brain when it is infected with a parasitic worm. A meteorite sample from the Museum collection is revealing more about how ...

Many people are considering using cannabidiol (CBD) to manage anxiety symptoms. Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health condition in the United States, affecting nearly a third of ...

Dangers come but dangers also go and when they do, the brain has an "all-clear" signal that teaches it to extinguish its fear. A new study in mice by MIT neuroscientists shows that the signal is ...