Christmas trees—and conifers in general—have made some surprising cameos throughout U.S. history, author Trent Preszler ...

The findings: Insufficient sleep is one of the strongest negative predictors of how long you’ll live—more than insufficient ...

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Schools in Alabama have a year to voluntarily implement a digital literacy and computer science course approved by the ...

There’s science behind Pittsburgh’s designation as The City of Champions. The Daniel G. and Carole L. Kamin Science Center, ...

Prominent bioengineer Ali Khademhosseini has so far corrected more than 40 of the papers in question, but critics say some ...

The tomb and its personal artifacts are some of the first true pieces of evidence of an early Roman presence in the area. The ...

Two St. Louisans had their nomination to the board of the Zoo Museum District shot down by the St. Louis County Council on Tuesday, though it’s unclear if the council was 100 percent aware of what ...

One scientist calls them “everyday hallucinations” to describe experiences like believing you hear your name called while you ...

The FDA has approved a device that aims to treat depression by sending electric current into a part of the brain known to ...

Like Ghaskadbi, many researchers can trace their initial childhood interest in science to a gift. Dozens of readers of the Nature Briefing responded to our call asking about their favourite presents — ...

This Sneeze Was for Science,” a new exhibit in the Rubenstein Library, mines the Consumer Reports collection to entertain and ...