Memory helps us make sense of the present by retrieving past experiences based on either surface-level similarities or deeper ...

A new study reveals that which side of the body is initially affected by Parkinson's disease can predict cognitive decline ...

If memories are the black box of our past, they can also shed light on the present by giving meaning to new situations. But how does memory retrieve ...

Parkinson’s disease often starts on one side of the body, and new research shows this asymmetry influences how non-motor symptoms progress.

The public perception of immigrants is characterised by the image of the 1990s, when numerous, predominantly Muslim asylum ...

Foreigners cost health insurance companies less than Swiss; study sheds ‘new’ light on immigrants in Switzerland; and other news in our Tuesday roundup.

Human rights defenders rallied on Thursday to support the top U.N. expert on Palestinian rights, after the United States ...

Part of our International Year of Quantum Science and Technology coverage More than 300 top quantum physicists gathered ...

In a new attack on international bodies, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio imposed sanctions on a United Nations special ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...