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Long-haul flights can a tedious and uncomfortable experience. If you're going to be stuck on plane for the best part of 12 hours or more, though, a touch of luxury may go some way to improving the experience.
Instead of using a conventional polyurethane core, this sustainable surfboard starts with an algae-based foam blank.
While the brains of children are often shaped by new experiences, it is far more difficult for the connections in the adult mind to change difficult, but not impossible, as the researchers behind a new study published in the latest edition of the
What started as a simple question (What happens to the body temperature of an astronaut when he or she is in space?) has resulted in a new technological breakthrough that's being used by doctors here on Earth, the ESA announced on Wednesday.
There's an old Internet scam floating around that's getting some new attention lately. It's called "ransomware," and if you're unlucky, it may have already infected your computer or mobile phone.
Modern humans are heavier than our hunter-gatherer ancestors, but our bones are lighter.
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have a plan to make ocean exploration easier: Let undersea robots make their own decisions.
A NASA Pluto probe may end up with one final mission after its work exploring the outer solar system is done -- carrying a message to advanced alien civilizations.
Bionic brains are getting closer.
Speaking at the 2015 TED conference in Vancouver, Canada, MIT professor Neri Oxman has displayed what is claimed to be the world's first 3D-printed photosynthetic wearable prototype embedded with living matter.
The quality, quantity, and composition of the bacteria in your gut have enormous influence on your brain. Dr. David Perlmutter explores this phenomenon in great detail in his new book, Brain Maker: The Power of Gut Microbes to Heal and Protect Your B
These are the kinds of discoveries the Large Hadron Collider was built for.
The average adult has between 1.5 and 2.0 square-meters of skin--all of it feeling all of the time.
A new study finds the use of birth control pills is associated with significantly lower cortical thickness in certain brain structures believed to be important in the response to emotional stimuli.
It was always clear that the Oculus Rift would require a high-end PC -- Oculus product VP Nate Mitchell said as much last week. But today, Oculus has published the actual recommended specs for a Rift-compatible computer.
It's no longer surprising to encounter 100-foot pinwheels spinning in the breeze as you drive down the highway.
Who says cats and water don't mix?
What's power without power?
Lawmakers vote to highlight the potential dangers of keeping devices close to the body as scientists raise raft of concerns, especially for children
Next time you're about to toss a cigarette butt on the ground, consider this freaky fact:
"When used in acute and chronic wounds, bandages are essentially just a covering," says study lead author Ardeshir Bayat. "With this technology we hope that the dressings will be able to make a significant functional contribution to healing the wound
The best home remedies for cataracts start with food for cataracts. The nutrients we take in help protect our cells from damage. A highlight of cataract prevention nutrition is carotenoids, the pigments that occur naturally in algae and plants.
Quantum physics tells us we can't bet on anything. So don't worry. Life is but a dream, and we are the creators of our own destiny.
Joe Greco, who's been churning out cookies and cakes for 27 years, usually uses about 600 pounds of liquid eggs a week at his bakery near Chicago.
Tiny mutations indicate who needs treatment fastest
Although powerful storms have been known to produce positrons -- the antimatter versions of electrons -- the antimatter observed by Dwyer and his team cannot be explained by any known processes,
You've probably heard of robot-assisted surgery, but it's another thing entirely to see it in action.
IT'S A LONG, hard road to understanding the human brain, and one of the first milestones in that journey is building a … database.
Noise canceling headphones can be pretty handy if you're trying to catch some shut-eye on a plane or bus.
You're familiar with the three most-common states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.
