We’ve all experienced that post-workout mental clarity - that feeling of being a bit "sharper" after hitting the gym or going ...

Recently we made an attempt to put incomprehensible astronomical distances into a human perspective. We started by looking at the vast distances within our solar system, moving on to distances within ...

Imagine peering into the night sky with a powerful telescope and seeing galaxies scattered across the cosmic landscape. Some are so distant that their light has been travelling for over 13 billion ...

You probably do not think much about your daily drink routine. But what if the pattern you repeat for years, not days, is the part that matters? Researchers recently looked at decades of health and ...

It might be possible that astronauts in the future live and work comfortably on the moon without the need for resources to be shipped from Earth. This would be made possible by a new technology that ...

Thinking of astronaut food we often imagine floating packets of pre-cooked meals. But as our aim for space missions becomes longer and humans plan to stay on the Moon or even Mars, having access to ...

In the past 20 years or so, smartphones have slowly become an everyday part of life, even in the classroom. Of course, smartphones can be a useful tool for keeping track of deadlines or connecting ...

Staying cool during hot summer days usually means relying on energy-intensive air conditioners. However, new materials created using machine learning and artificial intelligence promise to change this ...

The human brain, our most complicated organ, has gone through several growth spurts throughout the eons. But about 3000 years ago, something remarkable happened. Instead of the typical continued ...

Sleep researchers agree that a good night's sleep is essential for a healthy brain. Although we generally sleep long enough, unfortunately, we are not good sleepers. Research by the Dutch Brain ...

For most of astronomy’s history, the death of a massive star has been a loud event. A supernova flares so brightly it can briefly outshine an entire galaxy. But a new study describes something far ...

Scientists from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory engineer microbes to create an infinitely recyclable plastic, setting the stage for a sustainable future. Plastic waste ...