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Waking up from a nightmare can leave your heart pounding, but the effects may reach far beyond a restless night.

Struggle with math? A gentle jolt to the brain might help.

We know that sleep quality is important for many different aspects of our health, and there are multiple ways to get better shut-eye - including the right bedroom environment, regular exercise, and according to the latest research, lots of fruit and ...

Octopuses can taste with their arms, and a new study reveals that specifically, they're tasting chemical cues from microbes that grow on the surface of objects like dead crabs and living octopus eggs.

The 'go-to' way many clinicians measure healthy weight may be deeply flawed, according to new research.

Deep sleep could forestall the declines in brain health that can eventually lead to Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia.

A drug that can be taken orally could soon rival the likes of Ozempic for treating type 2 diabetes and obesity, according to a new study.

More than 60% of traffic collisions at intersections involve left turns.

If you're determined to log more minutes of exercise tomorrow, going to bed earlier tonight could help, according to a new study that analyzed the relationship between bedtimes and subsequent physical activity levels.

We've sent some pretty interesting payloads to space since the first satellite (Sputnik 1) launched on October 4th, 1957.