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DNA extracted from ancient parrots has revealed new insights into the history of parrot species and the impact of human activity on their shift from diverse and widespread to endangered.

New research has shown that increased engagement with people and lower levels of task success may make flat-faced dog breeds more popular, despite notable health problems.

Researchers have found ethnicity plays a significant role in determining a woman’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes after early menopause. The health data of more than 330,000 postmenopausal women from 13 studies were analysed.

In the world's largest functional imaging study on memory, researchers have identified the brain networks linked to better memory performance.

A new injectable solution that self-assembles into a gel under the right conditions could help manage HIV unlike any currently available methods, researchers have found.

Using computational modeling to understand the methods used by Neanderthals to create tar has provided new insights into their behaviors and cognition.

A research team has found that worms start moving at an unusually high speed when stimulated with alternating current. Because of its several characteristics, the team considered that this phenomenon may be triggered by primitive "emotion".

Significant quantities of microplastic particles are being trapped in riverbed sediments or carried through the air along major river systems. Research found about 41 microplastic particles per square metre per day settled from the atmosphere.

Altering a key step in energy production in the mitochondria of cancer cells makes them more visible to killer T cells, helping enhance the effectiveness of immunotherapy.

The genetic code of a rare form of kidney cancer, called reninoma, has been studied for the first time. Researchers found that there is a specific error in the genetic code of a known cancer gene that is behind the development of this rare cancer.