Climate change may be altering the frequency and intensity of hurricanes. Scientists have found that global change could be the driving force behind fewer and yet more powerful hurricanes and tropical storms.
Scientists may have given old mice their youthful brains back. Researchers have managed to restore the flexibility of the juvenile brain to the adult brain.
The Burmese python has the amazing ability to eat massive meals, allowing its body to grow to massive proportions before shrinking as it digests. Now, scientists have discovered how this extreme body transformation takes place in these snakes.
When it comes to vision, jumping spiders are masters. Scientists have long known that these arachnids see in remarkably high resolution. Now, researchers have discovered that these spiders see in three color "channels," as most humans do.
Climate change is impacting the United States in many ways. But will it cause the U.S. Midwest to become drier or wetter during the summer growing season? Many say that drought will be a huge issue, but scientists have found that this may not be the case.
Tiny, ocean microbes may actually impact climate change. Scientists have discovered that a factor that determines the properties of clouds that help moderate our planet's temperature may be decided in the oceans.
Get ready for summer and while you're at it, get ready for heat waves. Scientists have found that the United States could experience a four- to six-fold increase in exposure to extreme heat by mid-century.
It turns out that our modern lifestyles may have made our bones weaker. Scientists have studied the bones of hundreds of humans who lived during the past 33,000 years and found that over time, human bones became lighter and weaker.
New findings published in JAMA Neurology examined the relationship between memory performance with hippocampal volume and concussion history, which have lead some retired NFL players to impaired memory issues later in life.
Could the rumble of an airplane's engine affect how our in-flight meal tastes? New findings published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance suggests that it could influence the flavor of our food.
New findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine show that financial incentives could help smokers quit more so than other preventative measures alone.
Excessive drinking is all too common among college students. Yet researchers at Boston University School of Public Health have found that social media can help to potentially address some of the problem.
