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Hospice nurse Julie McFadden shares three examples where people hold off death, just for a bit.

See the 3 biggest space stories from October 16-22, 2023.

Is a repressed memory always so bad?

Wireless charging isn’t just for phones and laptops. It could also power medical devices like heart implants.

These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.

Schopenhauer and Freud can help teams navigate the most prickly of collaboration problems.

Throughout history, hundreds — sometimes thousands — of people have been spontaneously compelled to dance until collapsing or dying from exhaustion. What explains this bizarre phenomenon?

On June 20, 2024, the summer solstice occurs at its earliest moment since 1796: when George Washington was President of the USA. Here’s why.

The bots started as windpipe cells, yet they helped nerve cells repair and grow.

One day, we could fly across the U.S. in half an hour. A state-of-the-art hypersonic flight testing facility at UTSA could help make that dream a reality.

Each year, over half a million migrants cross the deadly jungle separating Colombia from Panama in search of a better life in the United States.

Dive into seven texts that continue to shape Western philosophy, from ancient Mesopotamia to Greece’s brightest minds.

It temporarily puts the immune system on high alert to prevent MRSA, pneumonia, and other infections in the hospital.

What a long strange trip it’s been.

Earth, the only rocky planet with a large, massive satellite, is greatly affected by the Moon. Destroying it would cause 7 major changes.

There may be more energy in methane hydrates than in all the world’s oil, coal, and gas combined. It could be the perfect “bridge fuel” to a clean energy future.

The Grammy-nominated artist reflects on a life of heartbreak and a future full of hope.

The brain-computer interface will be tested in a six-year trial in patients with quadriplegia.

In a recent paper, biologists outlined a three-part hypothesis for how all life as we know it began.

The anxieties underpinning the Great Resignation were simmering for a long time. Here’s a solution.

While we’re busy wondering whether machines will ever become conscious, we rarely stop to ask: What happens to us?

A new method of mapping migration factors in erratic movements and changing climate.

Eric Olson — CEO and co-founder of Consensus — takes his cues from the university of legendary coaches.

“What modern science has taught us is that life is not a property of matter.”

The miniaturization of particle accelerators could disrupt medical science.

In an animal study, it blocked the drug from crossing into the brain.

Humans could, in theory, one day use scaling laws to extend our lifespans.

The problem with carnivores turned omnivores.

About six million years ago, the Mediterranean was sealed off from the Atlantic, and over centuries it ran dry. One megaflood reversed that.

The existential philosopher argued that an authentic and meaningful life is measured by choice.