Women over the age of 50 who had breastfed their babies performed better on cognitive tests compared to women who had never breastfed.

Piracy did not wreck the recording industry, Netflix isn't killing Hollywood movies, and information does not want to be free.

For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago - scientists finally proved why

An Israeli scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country's Mediterranean coast that experts say dates back to the Crusaders.

Americans may respect and admire how individual billionaires made their billions, even as they rage against the "top 1%" as a group.

Water is essential for life on Earth and other planets, and scientists have found ample evidence of water in Mars’ early history.

The ‘gravity tractor’ method of asteroid deflection involves flying a spacecraft close enough to an asteroid so its gravitational attraction

Researchers present a numerical estimate for the amount of encoded information in all the visible matter in the universe.

We know that the continents are moving slowly due to plate tectonics, but continental drift only pushes the tectonic plates past each other.

Mushrooms have been making headlines due to their many health advantages. Not only do they lower one’s risk of cancer and premature death...

Genetic code is millions of times more efficient at storing data than existing solutions, which are costly and use immense amounts of energy

Researchers analyzed idle thoughts for 10 minutes. What they learned may be useful in the diagnosis and treatment of mental health issues.

Most strokes happen when an artery in the brain becomes blocked. Blood flow to the neural tissue stops, and those tissues typically die.

Respect for judicial independence appears to be eroding according to an Annenberg Public Policy Center survey.

Children with higher levels of general knowledge and verbal reasoning are better able to produce humor, new research suggests.

Enrico Amico learned that every one of us has a brain “fingerprint” and that this fingerprint constantly changes in time.

Eating a hot dog could cost you 36 minutes of healthy life, while choosing to eat a serving of nuts instead could help you gain 26 minutes.

Several years ago, it was discovered that a group of women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer also have mutations in one of two genes

Researchers may have uncovered new answers on how to create safer opioids by to bypassing the part of brain that feels pleasure.

Our findings can help to better identify, understand and treat canine hyperactivity, impulsivity and inattention.