The Program for International Student Assessment showed that 2012 math literacy data of 15-year[1]old students in 21 countries have higher averages than U.S. students. National Inventors Hall of Fame ...

Between jobs, school, kids, and other physical and mental tolls on our time and energy, we could all use better, more restful sleep. There’s no question that good shut-eye is important for our health.

As anybody who's cuddled up to a slumbering cat or dog can tell you, pets have a profoundly relaxing, restful effect on our ...

Looking at the latest science can help you make informed decisions, but it’s important to look at the broader context and assess the strength of the evidence when using science to inform decisions.

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: University of California, Santa Cruz, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Dr. Natalie Batalha talks about advances in the study of exoplanets made possible by the ...

Scientists at Texas A&M are turning an everyday pick-me-up into a high-tech medical switch. By combining caffeine with CRISPR ...

Sustainability science is an emerging field of academic research. Sustainability scientists focus on understanding and addressing the complex interactions between humans and the natural world from an ...

Bright flecks of burning wood stream through the smoky air and toward a hapless house. Before the one-story structure, the glowing specks, each merely centimeters in size, seem insignificant. But each ...

The McWane Science Center has a new living exhibit giving visitors a behind-the-scenes look at how conservationists help Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin turtles. The McWane Science Center is ...

Science fiction‘s task is to imagine our future; its secret wish is to invent it. Brackett, while casting himself as a mere psychologist and psychology as a mere medical science, plays with the ...

Matthews is a fellow of science and technology policy at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Russell is the Huffington fellow in child health and L.E. Simmons senior fellow in health ...