Chronic pain affects nearly 50 million Americans, yet new research reveals the brain may have an internal switch that can turn it down.

Scientists have pinpointed Y1 receptor neurons in the brain that can override chronic pain signals when survival instincts like hunger or fear take precedence. Acting like a neural switchboard, these ...

I read recently of a hunter in my home state of Kentucky who slipped and fell from a short rock face. As he was falling, his boot got hung in the root of a tree, and he was then hanging upside down.

A global bird study shows why bright colors can sometimes protect prey better than camouflage, revealing simple rules of ...