Many people find that more sleep gives them increased energy, emotional control, and an improved sense of well-being.

In the vicinity of black holes, space is so warped that even light rays may curve around them several times.

Astronomers have discovered an unusually massive black hole at the heart of one of the Milky Way’s dwarf satellite galaxies, called Leo I.

Researchers have helped unravel the enduring mystery of the origins of the Earth's water, finding the Sun to be a surprising likely source.

Research shows that just six weeks of vibration therapy can lead to improved memory and mobility in people with multiple sclerosis (MS).

A chunk of rock and iron, which was 60 feet across, served as a violent reminder that Earth, bombarded daily with tons of space-going debris

Invaders, pirates, warriors – the history books taught us Vikings were brutal predators who travelled by sea to pillage across Europe.

Shoppers are likely to save money in the run up to the holiday season if they use standard shopping carts, new research has found.

In the strange, dark world of the ocean floor, underwater fissures, called hydrothermal vents, host complex communities of life.

According to a recent study, scientists have found a somewhat bizarre method that could prevent your brain from growing old.

The new office will focus on incidents in, or near, "special use airspace" areas strictly controlled and blocked from general aviation use.

Prior research has suggested that adding green spaces to cities can help reduce high air temperatures during the warm months.

Watch as eight stars skirt a black hole 1 million times the mass of the Sun in these supercomputer simulations.

Most recent lung cancer research focuses on anti-angiogenic therapy, a cancer treatment that uses anti-cancer drugs to block angiogenesis.

A long-term study has revealed drinking higher amounts of coffee may make you less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.

Humans, who evolved to live many decades after they stopped reproducing, also evolved to be relatively active in their later years.

More than half of parents worry that they overindulge their children; many report different ways of teaching them to be thankful.

An antioxidant drug reverses atherosclerosis and could be used to prevent heart attacks and strokes due to clots.

Every 20 hours, an Australian child is born with cerebral palsy (CP), a neurodevelopmental disability that affects their motor movements

NASA plans to crash a spacecraft traveling at a speed of 15,000 miles per hour into an asteroid next year to test 'planetary defense'.

Researchers have developed a novel vaccine that in guinea pigs offers protection against infection by the bacterium that causes Lyme disease

When it comes to your health, being willing to give social support to your spouse, friends and family may be just as important as receiving.

When Jimi Hendrix's guitar solos are pounding out of the speakers—can you see Hendrix posing with his guitar?

Most solar cells are currently silicon based; however, their efficiency is limited. This has prompted researchers to examine new materials.

When Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, any phosphorus that was present likely sank into the molten core due to the element's properties.

Researchers have shown that a protein named for the mythical land of youth in Irish folklore is effective at reversing aging in muscle cells

Information about worker commutes from smartphones and fitness trackers can predict individual job performance, according to a new study.

New highly sensitive quantum sensors for the brain may in the future be able to identify brain diseases such as dementia, ALS and Parkinsons

White people who received training in mindfulness meditation were three times more likely to help a Black person in staged scenarios.

Renowned violin maker Antonio Stradivari and others treated their instruments with chemicals that produced their unique sound

Throughout evolution sleep has remained universal and essential to all organisms with a nervous system.

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time one way that a small molecule turns a single cell into something as large as a tree

Scientists say they have proven that grandmothers have strong nurturing instincts and are hard-wired to care deeply about grandchildren.

What would typically lead most people to flee the water was something the two guys quickly recognized as completely safe.

A cold trap refers to a pocket on the surface of a solid body in which volatile gases can accrue and remain still for long periods of time.

Drinking caffeinated coffee appears to have both beneficial and harmful short-term health effects.

An anonymous woman from Argentina has become only the second person known to ever show no detectable traces of an HIV infection

Blood transfusions from runners could be a ground-breaking treatment for slowing down Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Sugar is bad news for health — on this most would agree. But when it comes to fat, there has been real and sometimes acrimonious debate.

A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease – and also vaccinate against it – has been developed by a research team.

Researchers at the NIH have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia.

The ocean has about 20 million tons of gold in it — that’s around 700 TRILLION DOLLARS worth of gold!

If you're in a foul mood and boot your robotic pet down the stairs, are you being a jerk? Is the device's owner culpable of bad behavior?

A new study of brain activity patterns in people doing a memory task finds that the way we make inferences changes dramatically as we age.

Can we infer someone's cultural group from their laugher, even when we do not know what they are laughing at?

Penicillin may be one key to turning the tide on the deadly impacts of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) for children in developing nations.

A new rocket designed to launch humans to the moon, Mars and beyond will launch next year with a familiar fuzzy figure—Snoopy.

As we age, our bones become thinner, we suffer fractures more often, and bone-diseases such as osteoporosis are more likely to occur.

The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet

Materials scientists have found a way to prevent internal short-circuits, the main cause of fires in lithium (Li)-ion batteries.