Recent experiments show we can learn in our dreams. What else could we do with the right technology?

Sometimes, not adapting is the best adaptation.

Artists’ intuition instead of science drive most facial reconstructions of extinct species. Some researchers hope to change that.

If the risks posed by equipment malfunction, micrometeorite impacts, and solar radiation were not enough for anyone planning a trip to Mars, here is another one to contend with. Long periods spent in space can cause a shrinking heart. Humankind ventured into space sixty years ago this month. Since April 1961, our astronauts and cosmonauts have been confined to low Earth orbit, together with eight missions to the Moon, six of which landed people there. At some stage, serious planning will begin regarding a trip to Mars.

A potential chink in physicists’ understanding of fundamental particles and forces now looks more real. New measurements confirm a fleeting subatomic particle called the muon may be ever so slightly more magnetic than theory predicts, a team of more than 200 physicists reported this week.

A new study hints that excessive HIIT may harm your mitochondria, the energy generators found in every cell of your body.

Brain science suggests that seniors care more about the welfare of others than younger folks do.

Recently published research finds that “online haters” or people who post hateful comments on online forums and social media demonstrate high levels of personality disorder traits associated with psychopathy.

By using nanomaterial layers to package insulin, researchers have developed a stable and effective method for administering the hormone orally without subjecting it to destruction by stomach acids, solving a long-time problem in pharmaceutical science.

There is no shortage of psychological and pharmacological therapies to combat the world’s most widespread mental health issue, major depressive disorder (MDD). However, a significant portion of the affected population fail to respond to many of these traditional therapies. For this reason, new drugs must be tested and validated. One promising candidate is ketamine – famously but somewhat improperly known as a horse tranquilizer.

New research provides evidence that individuals with psychopathic personality traits tend to be more successful at convincing others that they are remorseful and gaining their trust. The study has been published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences.

Climate change is rightly cited as an environmental crisis that could lead to human extinction. Yet there is another pollution issue, indirectly related, that could make it literally impossible for human beings to reproduce.This article first appeared in Salon.I am talking, of course, about plastic ...

A rockshelter in South Africa's Kalahari documents the innovative behaviors of early humans who lived there 105,000 years ago. We report the new evidence today in Nature.

Fossilized pollen and leaves reveal that the meteorite that caused the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs also reshaped South America’s plant communities to yield the planet’s largest rain forest

Research shows rising temperatures since 1960s have acted as handbrake to agricultural yield of crops and livestock

In an important step toward a fully implantable intracortical brain-computer interface system, BrainGate researchers demonstrated the first human use of a wireless transmitter capable of delivering high-bandwidth neural signals.

Developmental psychologists have always been enthusiastic about how moms and dads affect kid development. Finding actual cause-and-effect links between parents’ particular actions and soon after young ones’ behavior is quite hard.

Researchers conduct first continentwide check on status of fireflies in North America.

Spasms, memory loss and hallucinations among symptoms of patients, mostly in Acadian peninsula of New Brunswick province