Emerging research suggests that mantra meditation may have promising benefits, from reducing stress and burnout to improving ...

Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

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New research shows your brain may learn complex visual patterns without effort, reward, or feedback -- just by passively ...

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Using a huge radio telescope, we spotted a blindingly fast flash of radio waves that appeared to be coming from somewhere ...

The data, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, analyzed over 37 million heart disease deaths spanning ...

Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

A new study reveals just how widespread these artificial colorings have become in our food supply. Nearly one in five ...

Scientists have discovered how to turn molecules made by everyday toxic mold into highly effective cancer-fighting drugs.

Deep in the misty highlands of northwestern Peru, scientists have uncovered three entirely new species of frogs.