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Do following rituals before a meal make the food taste better? What about the ambience of the room in which you're eating it?
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A mounting body of research shows that the circumstances and chronic stresses of poverty interrupt the development of the brain
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Artist Danny Quirk's paintings on the skin of willing friends show in textbook-like detail the muscle, bone and tissue that lie underneath
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MIT students have developed a motion-based interface that allow users from afar to build formations in real time
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While studying brain scans to search for patterns that correlated with psychopathic behavior, James Fallon found that his own brain fit the profile
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Researchers have found neurological abnormalities that persist long after the symptoms of a concussion have faded away
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Photographer Rose-Lynn Fisher captures tears of grief, joy, laughter and irritation in extreme detail
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Those who can remember what they ate on a day ten years ago can be fooled by tests that distort memories
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The Foodini may allow people to painlessly prepare healthier meals instead of reaching for that factory-processed stuff sitting in the freezer
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Experts have long known that trans fat isn't good for us, but research has turned up surprises—chocolate and chili peppers can help us lose fat
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A new exhibition in Washington, D.C., claims that humans have an affinity for curves—and there is scientific data to prove it
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Simply by looking at geotagged tweets, an algorithm can track the spread of flu and predict which users are going to get sick
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They're now able to detect the clumps of toxic proteins that destroy the brain. One day they may be able to get rid of them
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MIT students have developed Wristify, a wearable cooling and heating system designed to regulate body temperature and save on energy bills
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A true blood substitute can be a major breakthrough that can save lives. Testing out a batch, however, can be a problem
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A new birth control method gave women unprecedented power and revolutionized daily life
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Their highly specialized biting technique allows ticks to pierce skin with tiny harpoons and suck blood for days at a time
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Scientists are taking all kinds of approaches to try to stop the ominous threat from bacteria antibiotics can no longer kill
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Everyone has a unique "fingerprint" of oral bacteria species, and new research shows that, in isolation, it can be used to predict your ethnicity
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Scientists have identified a milk protein called Tenascin C that binds to HIV and prevents it from injecting its DNA into human cells
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