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A new study suggests depression may soon be detectable through a simple blood test—by tracking how certain immune cells age. Researchers found that accelerated aging in monocytes, a type of white blood cell, is closely tied to the emotional and cognitive symptoms of depression, like hopelessness and...

The brain’s memory center may begin life more like a crowded web than an empty canvas. Researchers discovered that early neural networks in the hippocampus are dense and seemingly random, then become more organized by shedding connections over time. This pruning process creates a faster, more effici...

A centuries-old vision of a mechanical volcano has finally erupted into reality, as two University of Melbourne engineering students recreated a design first imagined in 1775 by volcanology enthusiast Sir William Hamilton. Drawing from an 18th-century watercolor and a preserved sketch, they used mod...

An algorithm has suggested images of what were thought to be Anne Boleyn might not be.

We explore the mechanisms causing Europe's warming twice as fast as the global average.

Visitors will be able to watch live veterinary procedures inside a state-of-the-art new animal hospital.

Giant octopuses may have ruled the oceans 100 million years ago, according to fossil evidence.

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