Statistics show that there are roughly 185,000 aputees in the United States every year, according to the Amputee Coalition. The problem, however, is that it's extremely difficult to replace lost limbs. For instance, though there have been many transplant surgeries in the country, patients must const...
Science can't simply predict if there's more to this life than meets the eye. Yet a new study suggests that cancer patients may be better able to cope with the help of religion or spiritual values. The findings are published in the journal Cancer.
New findings published in Springer's journal Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics found that the birthing procedure slowed spatial attention in some babies, which may play a role in how well they are able to prioritize and focus on a particular object or area of interest.
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the unforgettable actor and comedian's death, Robin Williams.
Levitation may seem like something out of science fiction, but it's exactly what researchers are aiming for in a new study.
A new camera technology has revealed the world through the eyes of animals.
What species would survive a mass extinction event? That's a good question. Now, scientists have announced that widespread species are at just as high a risk of being wiped out as rare ones after global mass extinction events.
California wildfires are a major issue this year and now, researchers are taking a closer look at the swathe of devastation they leave behind. Scientists have now found that southern plant species are shifting northward due to the fires.
MIT engineers may have created the most human-like robot yet for this year's DARPA robotics competition. The new, bipedal robot actually has human reflexes.
Have you ever wanted to see what Earth looks like from space? You, too, can be an astronaut--with the power of virtual reality.
Severe drought isn't just impacting crops. It could also cause butterflies to go extinct by 2050.
The internet is buzzing about a strange impact captured by NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars. It appears as if the rover has spotted what appears to be a ghostly woman on the Red Planet. In this case, though, the image may be nothing more than an illusion.
