A recent study shows a connection between this sex-linked ability and the structure of the parietal lobe, the brain region that controls this type of skill.

A study provides evidence that varying body compositions of cancer patients likely plays a role in survival rates, activity levels during the illness and potentially, even the reaction to chemotherapy treatment.

A team of researchers have published a ground-breaking study that characterises the common ancestor of all life on earth, referred to as LUCA.

A study has data to support a neuropsychological model that proposes spiritual experiences associated with selflessness are related to decreased activity in the right parietal lobe of the brain.

An international research team has compiled the first catalogue of tissue-specific pathologies underlying hundreds of inherited diseases.

A new study reveals that women prefer mates who are recognised by their peers for their skills, abilities, and achievements, while not preferring men who use coercive tactics to subordinate their rivals.

A recent study shows that fast food and restaurant meals are larger and have more calories than those prepared at home, with the typical fast food meal being smaller and having fewer calories.

A new study has found that being circumcised significantly reduced the risk of HIV infection in heterosexual African-American men known to have been exposed to the virus.

Women more than doubled their fruit and vegetable intakes and dramatically increased their consumption of "good" fats when they were counselled by registered dietitians and provided with a list of guidelines.

A developmental psychologist demonstrated that both mental diseases have similar physical abnormalities which are formed during the first month of pregnancy.

A researcher has taken a keen interest in the regulatory mechanisms that allow Salmonella to overcome their surroundings and continuously modify both their own and their host's responses in order to stay alive.

Scientists report that an approach known as magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging allowed them to estimate three months in advance the chronic effects of inflammation of the optic nerve.

A mortality figure based on a survey may appear unambiguous, but critics tend to exploit the public's unfamiliarity with sampling methods, inferences from samples, and resulting confidence intervals.

Up to one in five people on antibiotics stop taking their full course of antibiotic therapy due to diarrhoea. Physicians could help patients avoid this problem by prescribing probiotics.

Researchers found a mechanism that naturally shuts down cellulose production in plants, and learning how to keep that switch turned on may be key to enhancing biomass production for plant-based biofuels.

Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have answered a central question in cancer biology: whether normal stem cells can give rise to tumours.

People who have been diagnosed with panic attacks or panic disorder have a greater risk of subsequently developing heart disease or suffering a heart attack than the normal population.

Biophysicists will improve the understanding of ion channels which when they malfunction can cause genetic illnesses that attack muscles, the central nervous system and the heart.

A recent study reveals that spending time in nature may be more beneficial for mental processes than being in urban environments.

Prozac is regularly prescribed to ease the emotional pain of patients who are being treated for cancer. But can this common anti-depressant help to fight cancer itself?