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Older people who regularly solve crosswords and Sudoku have the mental abilities of those ten years their junior.
It could be a great alternative to sutures, which require specialized surgical training and can lead to infections.
Private space flight is up for a new important milestone.
It looks like a gruesome mortuary practice, but the 16th century Andean communities were probably just desperately trying to avoid desecration at the hands of colonialists.
There's a new player in the space flight game.
Smart crows are cleaning up after stupid humans.
The longest lightning strike in recorded history stretched from Texas to Mississippi.
A lone asteroid is scouting ahead of Earth's orbit. It's the largest Trojan found in Earth's system thus far.
The robot developed by researchers in China spies embryos as they develop into fetuses.
More than 73,000 species of trees grow on Earth's surface, including 9,200 species yet to be discovered, according to the most comprehensive tally of its kind to date.
For centuries, hundreds of oversized heads have looked over this small speck of land. But to what purpose?
There's a reason why the saying 'All roads lead to Rome' is still a thing.
Japan's government wants to say "sayonara" to paper communication. But local offices still love their fax machines and won't give them up.
If it can go wrong, it will. Can you prove Murphy wrong?
Not feeling your ex's name tattooed across your shoulder? Here's what you need to know before you have it removed.
The patent never received too much attention, but scientists think it could have modern uses.
Cannabis hangovers are a thing.
It's challenging the notion of what non-recyclable plastic even means in the first place -- and we like it a lot!
Fashion braces -- oral brackets with no therapeutic value -- are trending on social media. But are they worth it?
Scientists have reprogrammed human cells to turn into hair follicles, but there is still much work ahead.
It will help scientists better understand dark energy and the unnerving expansion of the universe.
Meet the crack vape pen.
The extremely rare discovery could lead to a rethinking of angiosperm evolution.
The Bioprint FirstAid Handheld Bioprinter uses viable cells and biological molecules to print tissue structures.
Bamboo is far from the most filling food source out there, but healthy bacteria in the panda's gut help them fatten up and prepare for harsh times.
Your fingers can now power small electronics and sensors.
Distinguishing between THC impairment and simple exposure is an urgent need in light of the recent wave of cannabis legalization.
A herpes virus that is more known for causing "the kissing disease" may also be responsible for multiple sclerosis.
Less pollution during the COVID-19 lockdowns meant there were fewer aerosols in the atmosphere.
A scavenger that is a specialist? That's unique in the world.
The armor may represent a rare showcase of technological transfer between the West and East in the 1st millenium B.C.
Although it's thousands of times thinner than a strand of human hair, the DNA antenna can both receive and transmit radio waves.
We're learning new things about the most powerful explosions in the universe.
It's a watershed moment in medicine.
The rock was jettisoned to the moon when early Earth was pounded by daily meteorite impacts.
These brave tiny creatures could pave the way for humans traveling to distant worlds outside of our solar system.
Environmental DNA analysis has now been shown to be effective for air samples as well.
Tunnelling is anything but boring with this robot.
Long COVID is very much real and not some figment of our imagination. Its cause is rooted in persisting microclots, new research suggests.
Physicists call it 'quantum weather'.
Spray yourself with catnip to drown in cats and repel mosquitoes. Win-win!
It's like a wildfire in space.
Both insulin and the newly discovered FGF1 regulate blood sugar levels, but they each do so using independent pathways.
Astronomers have called it a "cosmic monster".
The resolution is so fine-tuned, the only blurred thing in the image is the thermal jiggling of the atoms themselves.
A forensic artist used archaeology, genetics, and history to reconstruct Ludvig’s appearance.
Facial cues could inform heterosexual women, but not men, if a potential mate is more interested in casual sex than a commited relationship.
They don't make them like they used to.
Dogs aren’t true carnivores, but they aren’t exactly omnivores either. The reason why so many dogs like to nibble grass may be due to instinct.
Time to meet the 'Everest of the deep'.
