Just one month before a two-year maintenance shut down of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a team of scientists prepares to go beyond the design specification of the world's largest particle accelerator and collide protons with heavy lead ions.
Progress on the path towards advanced manned spaceflight: The US and Europe signed off another step to build and launch the Orion spaceship together, which will be able to carry astronauts to the moon and even to Mars. It is high time too since the schedule is tight, NASA plans to launch the Orion c...
Researchers found that women who experience migraines that include auras have an increased likelihood of developing heart disease.
Studies have shown that video games can actually lead to an improvement in how well we pay attention, react, and how accurately we sort information.
A brilliant image made by an ESO telescope shows a patch of black cosmic dust where new stars are forming. It is surrounded by a cluster of bright stars that have already emerged from their dusty stellar nursery. The new picture was taken with the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observat...
Brooke Greenberg has not grown since she was four, but her unusual condition may help doctors develop cures for age-related diseases.
Flu season disrupts church services and soccer games: no handshakes, no high-fives, and no hugs.
New findings published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry found that some children who were accurately diagnosed with autism lost their symptoms as they aged.
Two weeks into 2013, it was reporting time for the antimatter research teams working at CERN, who presented key results of their experiments in 2012, and plans for the New Year.
A new government survey indicates that the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled across the nation during the past four years.
Public controversy has come to a boil over the twins in Belgium who decided to be euthanized after learning that they were going to lose their sight.
NASA scientists say 2012 was the ninth warmest of any year since 1880, continuing a long-term trend of rising global temperatures. With the exception of 1988, the nine warmest years in the 132-year record all have occurred since 2000, with 2010 and 2005 ranking as the hottest years on record.
