The "dissociative anesthetic" ketamine looks ever more promising as a safe and effective treatment for intractable depression.A new randomized trial from researchers in the United States has shown that injections...

BULGARIA, HUNGARY AND ROMANIA The Yamnaya people, long associated with horses, are now the earliest known riders. Skeletons from around 3000 B.C.E., unearthed from burial mounds in Eastern Europe, show...

This contraction means the upper atmosphere is becoming less dense, which in turn reduces drag on satellites and other objects in low orbit—by around a third by 2070, calculates Ingrid...

A team of archaeologists has found that our obsession with hair removal can be traced back to Roman times.Archaeologists working in Wroxeter Roman City, in Shropshire, England, have discovered a...

Mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) have been linked by a recent study led by Amit Lahiri, a Senior Scientist at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. The study...

After years of debate over whether non-invasively zapping the brain with electrical current can improve a person’s mental functioning, a massive analysis of past studies offers an answer: probably. But...

With the Mars simulation, Haney suggests that NASA should watch the crew for danger signs, like symptoms of depression, heightened irritability, and moodiness, and changes in sleeping and eating patterns....

Many people think of postnatal depression as a condition that only affects women. But in reality, postnatal depression affects almost as many men as women – with some research estimating...

Curiosity is the drive to learn and seek new experiences. It is frequently sparked by awe or ambiguity and can lead to the discovery of new ideas, knowledge, and new...

In India, children under 16 returning to school this month at the start of the school year will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements or...