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Even without a brain or a nervous system, the Venus flytrap makes sophisticated decisions about when to snap shut on potential prey.

The findings suggest that factors such as parenting style, education, nutrition, stress, and others are likely major contributors to one's smartness.

The researchers found that pregnant trauma victims, on average, suffered less severe injuries than their non-pregnant counterparts.

Researchers, including one of Indian origin, have warned that a mild decrease in thyroid function may up the risk of heart failures.

Further, cocaine use in dads caused epigenetic changes in the brain of their sons, thereby changing the expression of genes important for memory formation.

By transforming the most common type of cells found in wounds into fat cells, researchers have reported finding a way to manipulate wounds to heal as regenerated skin rather than scar tissue. 

Scientists know that stimulating the brain via electricity or other means may help ease the symptoms of various neurological and psychiatric disorders like epilepsy and depression.

Coming on the heels of the infamous 'heroin' picture that showed a US grandmother passing out from an apparent heroin overdose -- while her four-year-old grandson sat in the back seat, a new study has found that opioid dependence affects how 'cute' we perceive images of children to be.

The researchers specifically explored downward counter-factual thinking, thoughts about how life would be worse if an important life event had not occurred.

The mutation causes an increased risk of coronary heart disease even in the presence of elevated levels of HDL-C or "good" cholesterol.

Though the scientists didn't discover any magic threshold for the amount a person needs to move to improve mortality, they did learn that even adding just 10 minutes per day of light activity could make a difference.

It is the first time such a role has been shown for the hormone in the brain, the study said.

The findings also have potential implications for treatment of a variety of conditions.

Such a link could have implications for people with autism, schizophrenia or anxiety-related disorders.

Some teens said they did not do it -- until the researchers dug a little deeper and found out what that really meant.

Researchers have created the thinnest plates that can be picked up and manipulated by hand.

Heart failure, a chronic condition in which the heart does not pump enough blood through the body, affects more than 5 million Americans.

Friends on Facebook who are health freaks can make you fit as well! 

In a first, an Indian American researcher from Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California has developed a new way to selectively activate brain, heart, muscle and other cells using ultrasonic sound waves.