A study finds that kids who are the youngest in their school class are significantly more likely to be diagnosed with mental ...

Killer whales have been documented offering food provisions to humans swimming near them or in nearby boats. Learn more about ...

Ever wake up from a bizarre nightmare and blame it on that midnight snack? You might actually be onto something.

Salt water actually changes the properties of human skin in ways that explain why your face feels like leather after a day at ...

Scientists in Australia have discovered that a magnetic brain treatment already used for depression can boost the brain’s ...

Vikash Gayah: When you make a left turn, you have to cross oncoming traffic. When you have a green light, you need to wait for a gap in the oncoming traffic before turning left. If you misjudge when ...

These black holes are the most distant and stable objects we know. Using a technique called very long baseline interferometry ...

After studying nearly 6,000 people, researchers discovered that "cool" people share remarkably similar traits worldwide.

Dementia rates vary dramatically across U.S. regions in ways that can't be explained by age, education, or health conditions.

Learn how doctors may eventually be able to tell whether your cells are aging prematurely without needles, blood tests, or ...

A surprising new study suggests that dementia risk has declined with each generation. However, there are good reasons to be ...

Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?