Positive thinking may boost the body’s defenses against disease. Increasing activity in a brain region that controls motivation and expectation, specifically the brain’s reward system, is linked with ...

VANCOUVER — In a story worthy of CSI: Jurassic Period, researchers have solved the mystery of what killed a predatory allosaurus dinosaur 147 million years ago. The allosaurus fossil contains a ...

The historic Apollo moon missions are often associated with high-visibility test flights, dazzling launches and spectacular feats of engineering. But intricate, challenging handiwork — comparable to ...

The idea came to Jablonski after studying bird behavior in the American West. He noticed some birds would fling out their ...

A link between particle physics and gravity equations, called the double copy, applies to Hawking radiation, creating a new ...

DNA damage from inflammation outpaces the cells’ ability to self-repair. The finding, in human brain cells and mice, could ...

A new study shows learning to fly in virtual reality with virtual wings can reshape the brain, making it treat wings more ...

Scientists and journalists share a core belief in questioning, observing and verifying to reach the truth. Science News reports on crucial research and discovery across science disciplines. We need ...

Several studies have served up tantalizing hints about the drugs’ potential cancer prevention benefits, but other results ...

Public health officials are racing to find out how the sometimes deadly hantavirus got aboard a cruise ship and if there has ...

Nigerian virologist Margaret Oluwatoyin Japhet has designed a rapid test that could diagnose rotavirus at a child’s bedside.

On the International Space Station, a cube holding a diamond-based sensor revealed the potential for quantum magnetometers.