Steep decline seen in world's insects The diversity of insects around the world has decreased by about a third in the last decade, [...]

Elevated water intake may improve multitasking skills in youths Researchers found that children who had increased water intake reacted faster in a task-switching [...]

Curiosity takes new image of Mars landscape NASA's Curiosity rover captured a new image of the Martian landscape during its climb to a [...]

Running may lower premature death risk Running at least once a week may lower a person's risk of early death compared with those [...]

Measles may reduce immunity against other illnesses Unvaccinated children who recovered from a measles infection had an 11% to 73% decline in immune [...]

Giant panda's cuteness may have averted extinction (Teh Eng Koon/AFP via Getty Images) The giant panda's reproductive and eating habits made the species [...]

Researchers learn what makes mother-of-pearl so tough Mother-of-pearl, or nacre, is one of the toughest natural materials thanks to the way its surface [...]

Spider web resilience examined (Pixabay) Spider webs resist rotting because the bacteria that would boost that process isn't able to get to the [...]

Crabs commit maze route to memory Small shore crabs can find their way through a maze with few or no errors weeks after [...]

Sun looks like jack-o'-lantern in NASA photo NASA has posted a 2014 photo of the sun in which it resembles a jack-o'-lantern on [...]