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This week, researchers reported the discovery of four Late Bronze Age stone megastructures likely used for trapping herds of ...

Neuroscientists probing the boundary between sleep and awareness are finding many types of liminal states, which help explain ...

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you learn. But when the ...

Every day, your brain makes thousands of decisions under uncertainty. Most of the time, you guess right. When you don't, you ...

An international study claims lead was a problem for our ancestors and Homo sapiens might have had a genetic edge over other ...

Shares of Praxis Precision Medicines more than tripled Thursday, peaking at $200 apiece, after the company disclosed positive ...

UC San Diego researchers found that ancient hominids were widely exposed to lead, potentially hindering brain and language ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.

Lead exposure remains a public health issue around the world, even after decades of remediation efforts. According to the ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

The finding comes from data of more than 550,000 adults ages 56 to 72, as well as genetics information from 2.4 million study ...