Mind-boggling as it may seem, Charbonneau said, the mathematics behind glasses and other disordered systems is actually much easier to solve by assuming that these materials exist in a hypothetical ...

Study Hints at Why Parrots are Great Vocal Imitators Regions of bird's brain likely duplicated at least 29 million years ago ...

Hiroaki Matsunami led a team of scientists who systematically explored the triggers for specific odor receptors in the nose. No two people apparently smell things the same way. Photo credit - ...

How Much Water Does U.S. Fracking Really Use? Water used in fracking makes up less than 1 percent of total industrial water use nationwide, study finds ...

Logo Can Make You 'Think Different' Researchers find that even the briefest exposure to well-known brands can cause people to behave in ways that mirror those brands' traits.

Study Suggests Why Parents Stricter With Older Children A new study concludes that parents punish older children more harshly -- and they're wise to do so.

Duke Study: Homework Helps Students Succeed in School, As Long as There Isn't Too Much The study, led by professor Harris Cooper, also shows that the positive correlation is much stronger for ...

The bearcat. The binturong. Whatever you call this shy, shaggy-haired creature from Southeast Asia, many people who have met one notice the same thing: it smells like a movie theater snack bar. Most ...

A first draft of the “tree of life” for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes -- from platypuses to puffballs -- has been released.A collaborative effort among ...

People whose New Year resolutions include losing weight, starting an exercise regime or otherwise changing their behavior should look outward -- - to their environment -- - instead of relying simply ...

Baby's Innate Number Sense Predicts Future Math Skill Innate ability to identify quantities previews future mathematics performance ...

The discovery of the "exercise hormone" irisin three years ago and more than 170 related papers about it since have been called into question by recent research showing they were based on flawed ...