How hot is your city? Inner cities and suburbs have warmer temperatures than the surrounding countryside. Now, scientists have calculated these urban heat island intensities across the United States.
A high-fat diet could actually lead to overeating. Scientists have found that defective signaling in the brain can cause overeating of high fat foods in mice, leading to obesity.
Researchers may have found specimens of Africa's earliest known coelacanth. The creature is dated to be about 360 million years old, and was discovered in South Africa's Eastern Cape.
Scientists are taking a closer look at GMOs to tackle some of the problem associated with them.
Spending time in nature is actually linked to good health. Now, scientists are taking a closer look at why this might be the case.
It'll still be two weeks before we can see Ridley Scott's The Martian here on Earth. But astronauts are getting some special treatment.
Drinking caffeine can disrupt your sleep. But did you know that drinking caffeine in the evening also delays the internal circadian clock that tells us when to get ready for sleep and when to prepare to wake up?
Earlier this week, on Tuesday, residents and visitors in Costa Rica were met with a spectacular sight: a vivid halo of color billowing out from a mysterious cloud.
A group of scientists have discovered that a mysterious "living fossil" may not have changed much on the outside, but it's definitely evolved genetically.
Scientists have released the "tree of life" for a staggering 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes.
What type of athletic training you receive may affect how your brain communicates with your muscles.
Protecting China's giant pandas may not just be helping the bears; it could also be benefiting other threatened species.
