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WEHI researchers have solved a decades-long mystery by determining the structure of human PINK1, a key protein linked to ...

Unorthodox biologist Michael Levin says cognition lies on a spectrum and that what humans perceive as consciousness could ...

By David Stephen The sweeping and aggressive cuts to research funding at the National Institutes of Health [NIH] suggests that it may be likely that several of the Institutes and […] ...

Microplastics have been found in numerous organ systems and even in the human brain. It's impossible to avoid them altogether, but you can cut back, researchers say.

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Spending months in space can have serious effects on the human body. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams recently ...