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Children born during World War I whose fathers were injured or killed in action were found to have shorter lifespans in a first-of-its-kind study.

A new study indicates that playing video games for a limited amount of time each week may provide benefits to children, but too much can be detrimental.

If you’re a human who’s really hungry, a handful of nuts, a piece of cheese or a nice juicy steak may really hit the spot. If you’re a fruit fly, a nibble of yeast will do the trick.

Homosexual, bisexual, and transgender youth tend to have a higher risk for suicide-related thoughts and behaviors, but research on interventions to prevent suicide among sexual and gender minority…

Women face weight-based prejudice in the workplace – even when their body mass index (BMI) is within the healthy range, research led by a University of Strathclyde academic has found.

A tiny RNA appears to play a role in producing major depression, the mental disorder that affects as many as 250 million people a year worldwide. Researchers have found that amounts of this microRNA are significantly elevated in the brains of experimen…

Children in rural Peru who are stimulated with age-adjusted toys at an early age perform better in categories such as fine motor skills, understanding time and space, or cognitive abilities. The community-randomized trial is the first study to assess t…

A new study indicates that playing video games for a limited amount of time each week may provide benefits to children, but too much can be detrimental.

From infancy, we learn by watching other people, then use those memories to help us predict outcomes and make decisions in the future. Now a study has pinpointed the individual neurons in the brain that support observational learning.