Inspiring Discoveries

Dream content has been recorded in a new study from Germany involving lucid dreamers—people who can become aware that they are dreaming and influence their own dreams.

An iPhone app will soon be available that wards off degrading vision through brain training, and could allow older people to use their reading glasses less.

Feelings of loneliness may interfere with a good night’s rest and can negatively influence health, according to a new study from the United States.

The bacterium, Micavibrio aeruginosavorus, feeds on other bacteria, including human pathogens, and could be used to treat infectious diseases.

Canals made by worms from the genus Osedax have been found in a 3-million-year old whale bone from the Mediterranean sea off Italy.

Every Christmas, children imagine nine reindeer laboring hard to pull Santa’s heavily loaded sleigh, their dense coats perfect for keeping them warm on the coldest of nights.

Fourth graders have lower stress levels when experiencing peer exclusion if they have good friends, according to new research from the Netherlands.

Android-like robots with supple touch-sensitive skin are a possibility thanks to new research from Stanford University with the ultimate goal of restoring functionality to lost skin, for example in amputees and burn victims.

Adolescents who sleep less than eight hours per night may be more likely to put on weight, according to a new study by researchers in Texas.

From 6:02 a.m to 6:02 p.m. on Oct. 23 people the world over will commemorate Avogadro’s Number, or simply a “mole” if you prefer.

A man should look for what is.

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) invites everyone to “Indulge your inner Indiana Jones” on Oct. 22.

The world’s smallest version of a periodic table is seen being carved onto a strand of Dr. Martyn Poliakoff’s hair, Professor of Chemistry at the UK’s University of Nottingham.

Computer hard disk storage can increase by 600 per cent with the potential to grow further thanks to common table salt.

A 1,000-year-old boat with a high status Viking inside has been found at a burial site in the Scottish Highlands.

British taxi driver Alan Billis is going down in history as the first person to be mummified like a pharaoh for more than 3,000 years.

Exposure to swearing on television and in video games can increase aggression in youngsters, according to new research from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah.

A more durable flexible alternative to the electric motor has been created by spinning lengths of microscopic carbon nanotubes (CNT) into muscle-like yarns that twist like an elephant’s trunk.

A round platform used for Aztec rituals such as cremations has been uncovered at the Templo Mayor ruins in Mexico City.