Fingertips of Suriname toads are hypersensitive motion detectors, new study reveals

Landslides, not rituals, may have scattered skulls and bones at Turkey’s famed Göbekli Tepe site

IgE recall responses sustain allergic disease, but their anatomical regulation remains poorly understood. Villazala-Merino et al. identify Tfh cell-derived IL-4 microniches within germinal centers as an anatomical checkpoint that favors IgE recall responses in lymphoid organs while limiting their generation in the lung mucosa.

Een scherf, gevonden in de omgeving van Krefeld, heeft een Aramese inscriptie en documenteert de meertaligheid van het Romeinse Rijk.

Nature - Using a video game involving bombs and treasure chests, researchers show how neural activity flickers between two regions of the frontal cortex when the brain weighs up a tricky decision.

Nature - Researchers are racing to culture a menagerie of exotic organisms and finding lots of surprises along the way.

The first arm bone fragment from these mysterious human relatives was found near cutting instruments and animal remains in southwestern China

De tandheelkunde is zo oud als de mensheid. De Feniciërs maakten al tandprotheses en de Assyriërs konden een ontsteking genezen.

In de reeks over de voor-westerse geschiedenis behandel ik vandaag de rivieren: handig voor irrigatie maar vooral transportader.

Waar komen de sprekers van de Slavische talen, zoals Russisch en Pools en Bulgaars, vandaan? Als u dacht dat de vraag naar de herkomst van de Germaanssprekenden lastig te beantwoorden was, met bronnen...

"Veleda" was de naam of titel van een Bructerische profetes die een rol speelde in de Bataafse Opstand tegen de Romeinen.

Study shows that psilocybin acts on nerves to prevent the painful condition called peripheral neuropathy.

Sheeppox virus (SPPV) is a major livestock pathogen causing economic hardship through reduced production and death of vulnerable sheep, with written descriptions of sheeppox-like disease recorded sinc...

Restudy of a challenging fossil using cross-polarized light imaging and phylogenetic reconstruction identifies Chosha praecursor, a probable early-diverging insect, helping to bridge the longstanding ‘hexapod gap’ in the fossil record.

Unprecedented results against a stubbornly hard-to-treat cancer are boosting optimism that other challenging tumours will be next.

Nature - Robotic supports were once designed for clinical use, but researchers are now developing cheaper, smaller devices aimed at everyone — from people with ageing knees to 20-somethings seeking...

Key facts on measles, symptoms, complications, risk factors, how it spreads, prevention, and treatment.

Europa kent al eeuwen twee grote handelsroutes. De ene was de corridor van de Noordzee via Rijn, Moezel, Saône en Rhône naar de Middellandse Zee. De andere stond daar haaks op en leidde naar het ooste...

Beefy tracks point to a Cretaceous critter as big as a large dog or mountain lion

The immune system’s central function is to maintain homeostasis by guarding the organism against dangerous external and internal stressors. Immunity’s operational toolbox contains diverse processes, s...

When it comes to your immune system, facing a new, dangerous germ for the first time is a high-stakes emergency. Without a rehearsal, your body has to recognise the threat and craft "custom keys"…

Reactivation of typically harmless anelloviruses, in particular, seems to be linked with developing long COVID, study finds.

New science may explain mysterious gap before oxygen flooded our planet billions of years ago

First comprehensive map of the vagus nerve may point to more precise stimulation therapies

Parents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation reveals

A remote mining town gripped by fear saw hundreds of suspected cases before the government declared an outbreak, report says

Findings suggest aggressive tigers may be mentally wired to fare better than their cautious counterparts