Inspiring Discoveries

Dream content has been recorded in a new study from Germany involving lucid dreamers—people who can become aware that they are dreaming and influence their own dreams.

An iPhone app will soon be available that wards off degrading vision through brain training, and could allow ...

Feelings of loneliness may interfere with a good night's rest and can negatively influence health, according to a ...

The bacterium, Micavibrio aeruginosavorus, feeds on other bacteria, including human pathogens, and could be used to treat infectious ...

Canals made by worms from the genus Osedax have been found in a 3-million-year old whale bone from ...

Every Christmas, children imagine nine reindeer laboring hard to pull Santa's heavily loaded sleigh, their dense coats perfect ...

Fourth graders have lower stress levels when experiencing peer exclusion if they have good friends, according to new ...

Android-like robots with supple touch-sensitive skin are a possibility thanks to new research from Stanford University with the ...

Adolescents who drink over five cans of regular fizzy drinks weekly may be more likely to behave aggressively, ...

Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours per night may be more likely to put on weight, according ...

From 6:02 a.m to 6:02 p.m. on Oct. 23 people the world over will commemorate Avogadro's Number, or ...

A man should look for what is.

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) invites everyone to “Indulge your inner Indiana Jones” on Oct. 22.

The world's smallest version of a periodic table is seen being carved onto a strand of Dr. Martyn ...

Computer hard disk storage can increase by 600 per cent with the potential to grow further thanks to ...

A 1,000-year-old boat with a high status Viking inside has been found at a burial site in the ...

British taxi driver Alan Billis is going down in history as the first person to be mummified like ...

Exposure to swearing on television and in video games can increase aggression in youngsters, according to new research ...

A more durable flexible alternative to the electric motor has been created by spinning lengths of microscopic carbon ...

A round platform used for Aztec rituals such as cremations has been uncovered at the Templo Mayor ruins ...

Innovative technology and computer modeling have demonstrated that Tyrannosaurus rex grew more quickly and to greater masses than ...

A kraken's lair that dates back to the Triassic period, 250 to 200 million years ago, may have ...

A pair of carved stone ducks unearthed at Vespasian's Camp near Stonehenge are believed to be the oldest ...

Young late-nighters are less physically active and fit than their early-bird counterparts, new research from Australia suggests.

Oct. 1 marks World Vegetarian Day and the beginning of Vegetarian Awareness Month.

An algal bloom off the San Diego coast, popularly referred to as a red tide, is currently glowing ...

Some echolocating bats create a high-speed buzz for capturing prey using the fastest-known contracting muscle type in mammals, ...