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A whole bunch of lunar stuff is happening this Wednesday. Don't miss it.

This uncanny android has a job -- and some say "a soul."

It's been more than a half-century since we first glimpsed the future of the smart home in a quaint cartoon series called "The Jetsons." The Roomba is no Rosie the Robot Maid, but today's home is edging ever closer to th...

In the late 1990s, theoretical physicists uncovered a remarkable connection between two seemingly unrelated concepts in theoretical physics.

Space physicists at University of Wisconsin-Madison have just released unprecedented detail on a bizarre phenomenon that powers the northern lights, solar flares and coronal mass ejections (the biggest explosions in our ...

Genetically increasing klotho helps boost cognitive function in mice models of Alzheimer's disease, researchers report.

Deep brain stimulation to the frontal lobe may help to improve cognitive, behavioral and functional difficulties in those with Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.

A new study reveals we trust, or distrust, strangers based on their resemblance to people we have experienced in the past.

Researchers look to explore which cognitive functions are most affected by cannabis use, and how long the effect of the drug can last.

Alzheimer's disease may have been slowed in two people given implants that stimulate the brain with electricity, but this may just have been the placebo effect

Implanting a pacemaker-like device in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease could help slow the decline of decision-making and problem-solving skills.

By looking at how the brain responds to video clips, researchers are able to determine who your friends may be, a new study reveals.

The early Iron Age temple, Ain Dara, was known for its intricate architectural carvings.

A new system that apparently kills chickens without distress by lowering the air pressure could soon be approved in Europe, offering a humane death for billions of birds

The amount of electricity generated by renewables in Europe has for the first time outpaced that coming from coal sources, according to new analysis of official figures

Meet the detectors of Fermilab's Short-Baseline Neutrino Program, hunting for signs of a possible fourth type of neutrino. Neutrinos are not a sociable bunch. Every second, trillions upon trillions of the tiny particles ...

The early Iron Age temple is known for its intricate carvings, some of which were blasted to bits in recent airstrikes.

Friends have more similar brain activity than people who don't know each other, particularly in regions involved in attention, emotion and language

Imagine going to a drive-thru and ordering the following: a blue moon, a supermoon, a blood moon and a total lunar eclipse. Although such a request is impossible (if only!), all four events are actually happening tomorro...

Celebrate this week's Super Blue Blood Moon -- which includes a total lunar eclipse -- with some moony cocktails.

It has taken the capital longer to break the air pollution limit this year than last, when legal levels were passed less than a week into January

Dan Roam is a management consultant who uses visual thinking to make complicated ideas simple. His books Back of the Napkin and Draw to Win explain how anyone can use visual thinking to improve communication, problem sol...