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The limits of human existence might not be as limited as we have long...
A person's risk of death slows and even plateaus above age 105, a new study reports, challenging previous research saying there's a cutoff point...
Genes located in a large chromosomal aberration associated with autism interact with each other...
A collaborative team led by Penn State researchers tested the role of these genes individually and in tandem by reducing the amount of the...
Github Account of Gentoo Linux Hacked, Code Replaced With Malware
Downloaded anything from Gentoo's GitHub account yesterday?
Consider those files compromised and dump them now—as an unknown group of hackers or an individual managed to...
Paid Jailbreak for Nintendo Switches Includes Anti-Piracy Code
It's hilarious that pirates are using anti-piracy measures to protect its own paid software that helps others to run pirated games on Nintendo Switches.
Hacking...
Men with Migraine May Have Higher Estrogen Levels
While it has been known that estrogen plays a role in migraine for women, new research shows that the female sex hormone may also...
Kid-friendly robot for autism therapy
Children with autism spectrum conditions often have trouble recognizing the emotional states of people around them—distinguishing a happy face from a fearful face, for...
Change in brain cells linked to opiate addiction, narcolepsy
Two discoveries—one in the brains of people with heroin addiction and the other in the brains of sleepy mice—shed light on chemical messengers in...
Researchers has identified the electrical activity specific to the start of migraines and demonstrated...
When migraine sufferers see the tell-tale squiggly lines, light flashes and blind spots of a migraine aura, they prepare for a migraine. When researchers...
Genetically humanized mice could boost fight against aggressive hepatitis
Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) causes the most aggressive form of viral hepatitis in humans, putting at least 20 million people worldwide at risk of...
Researchers identify key protein involved in triggering inflammation
Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago have identified a protein that is crucial for activating inflammation—both the good kind of inflammation that...
Exercise may be just as crucial to a depression patient’s good health as finding...
A new study of nearly 18,000 participants found that those with high fitness at middle age were significantly less likely to die from heart...
In-game purchasing systems, such as ‘loot boxes’, in popular online games resemble gambling and...
The researchers have examined a range of popular online games that include the option of paying small fees ('microtransactions') to access additional features or...
A next-gen EEG device under development at the Department of Energy’s SLAC could bring...
A device under development at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University could help bring back lost brain function by...
University of Queensland researchers have discovered how to reverse drug resistance in skin and...
UQ Diamantina Institute Associate Professor Nicholas Saunders said squamous cell carcinomas was curable when diagnosed early but difficult to eradicate once the cancer spread.
"This cancer of...
Unpatched WordPress Flaw Gives Attackers Full Control Over Your Site
Last week we received a tip about an unpatched vulnerability in the WordPress core, which could allow a low-privileged user to hijack the whole...
