Most of us think of dentists when our gums are sore, not brain scans. Yet a new study hints that what’s happening along the ...

Imagine a field of microscopic flowers that can fold, unfurl, and even kick off a chemical reaction without a gardener in ...

Although dark matter accounts for an estimated 85 percent of all matter and must have had a strong influence on the structure and evolution of the universe, it remains elusive to this day. It is an ...

Recently we made an attempt to put incomprehensible astronomical distances into a human perspective. We started by looking at the vast distances within our solar system, moving on to distances within ...

The human brain, our most complicated organ, has gone through several growth spurts throughout the eons. But about 3000 years ago, something remarkable happened. Instead of the typical continued ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...

A team of researchers from the SETI Institute, Breakthrough Listen, and global institutions has used deep learning on a dataset of 820 nearby stars and found eight new signals of interest. Despite ...

Among many innovative concepts exists the idea of solar power satellites - massive orbiting structures designed to harvest the sun's energy from space and transmit it to Earth in the form of microwave ...

Biodiversity, the variety of living organisms on Earth, is vital to maintain a functioning ecosystem, but it has many more vital contributions. Many medicines are indirectly derived from biodiversity.

Ever wonder why, despite getting enough sleep, you still feel exhausted, moody, or unfocused? Research suggests the issue might be your exposure to artificial light at night, such as screens from ...

Many people suffer from the transition from standard (winter) time to daylight saving time (a.k.a. summer time in Europe). If we elect to give up on changing the time twice a year altogether, what ...