New research demonstrates that single neurons in the reward center of the brain process not only primitive rewards but also more abstract, cognitive rewards related to the quest for information about the future. The study enhances our understanding of learning and suggests that current theories of reward should be revised to include the effect of information seeking.

Computer scientists have turned a tedious manual labeling task into an online multi-player game which can help businesses tackle spammers.

Just like a conductor cueing musicians in an orchestra, Fgf10, a member of the fibroblast growth factor (Ffg) family of morphogens, lets brain stem cells know that the moment to get to work has arrived, ensuring that they hit their first developmental milestone on time.

The Wildlife Conservation Society has announced that critically endangered alligators in China have a new chance for survival. The reintroduced alligators are now multiplying on their own.

A new study concludes that increased fish consumption is related to lower rates of dementia in elderly living in low- to middle-income countries.

The imaging system on board the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently had its first of many opportunities to photograph five of the six Apollo landing sites, just days before the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission.

New research shows that the way preschool children understand false beliefs can be linked to particular aspects of brain development. This landmark research may aid in understanding developmental disorders such as autism.

An astrophysics experiment in America has demonstrated how fundamental research in one subject area can have a profound effect on work in another as the instruments used for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) pave the way for quantum experiments on a macroscopic scale.

Two specific matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) proteins have been found to contribute to bone metastasis in advanced breast cancer -- lending important new insight into the design of clinically useful small molecule inhibitors.

A lunar geochemist says that there are still many answers to be gleaned from the moon rocks collected by the Apollo 11 astronauts on their historic moonwalk 40 years ago July 20.