Mariella is an assistant editor at The Scientist. She has a background in neuroscience, and her work has appeared in Drug Discovery News and Massive Science.

In a paper called "Emotional tears: What they are and how they work" by Debra Lieberman, professor in the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences, and co-authors Daniel ...

Tears are there to keep ... More from Science Professor Sophie Scott of University College London studies cognitive neuroscience of human communication. She is well-known for her TED Talk called ...

Maggie Hassan fought back tears at a hearing as she discussed her son's struggles with Cerebral palsy and Robert F. Kennedy's ...

Millions of women undergo episiotomies during childbirth every year, yet the mechanics behind these surgical cuts remain ...

For those over 40, it's a common injury with different treatment options to try. Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States.

But these feelings-driven tears may not be a wholly human experience. Dogs can also cry happy tears, according to a study published today (August 22) in Current Biology. Although the animals’ eyes don ...

From sniffing out when we're stressed to tearing up when reunited with their owners, here is what science reveals about ... breath and sweat samples from human participants before and after ...

Partnered with a delicate lavender flavour, the salt of sorrow is said to be made from “the freshest human tears”, which have been gently boiled to release the salt crystals and then harvested ...

All humans cry. Some of our tears are meant to keep our eyes moist and healthy. Others clean out the eye from dust, pollens and other pollutants.