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 drink over five cans of regular fizzy drinks weekly are more likely to behave aggressively, including carrying a weapon and behaving violently towards peers and siblings.

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.