After 34 years, the Ig Nobel Prize, a unique satirical take on the Nobel Prize, is leaving its longtime home in the Boston ...

(fotostorm/E+/Getty Images) Diagnostic tests are continuing to get better at spotting the earliest signs of dementia, and new research suggests that a simple blood sample could help identify those at ...

Warmer weather is on the way, and with it comes new growth in our gardens—along with the return of insects and the potential for plant diseases. While we all hope for trouble-free gardening, issues ...

What makes a good school fit for your child? It helps to review how the state's broader landscape shapes private school ...

What makes a good school fit for your child? It helps to review how the state's broader landscape shapes private school ...

Wolves living inside the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone show genetic and immune-system signals that researchers say may be linked ...

A team of Chinese researchers has built a ferroelectric transistor with a gate length of just 1 nanometer that runs on 0.6 ...

“Although this yearly increase is modest, it accumulates over time,” the researchers wrote in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “Over a 10–year period, this faster rate ...

Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first ...

After her initial test run, she cultured a regular sample, as well as the shocked sample so she could compare them side by ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover is investigating strange spiderweb-like ridges on Mars that may reveal a hidden chapter of the planet’s watery history. These “boxwork” formations likely formed when groundwater ...

Researchers have uncovered the mechanical properties of the nanoscale "thorns" that develop inside lithium-ion batteries, which can cause them to short circuit and die – or worse, such as ...