Sometimes, the things we can do for our happiness are small and easy: getting a little sun, saying thank you, lending a hand. Other times, they take a little more practice and work. That’s the case ...

A new study finds that when people engage in participatory science activities that involve awe-inspiring natural phenomena, such as an eclipse, they more closely identify with science and feel a ...

A new study suggests that learning and remembering speech relies more on how the brain processes sounds and sensations than on the areas that control mouth and face movements. The discovery could ...

Systems-level thinking has transformed how we study life across scales, from molecules and cells to populations, communities ...

In a society increasingly shaped by self-checkouts, GPS navigation and touchscreen ordering kiosks, new research shows face-to-face conversation may be quietly fading. A new study published in ...

Researchers have long said that the human brain is not set up to multitask — but new research is challenging that understanding. Experts previously explained that when we believe we’re multitasking, ...

The Moon has long been cast as a dead world, a place of dust, vacuum and brutal temperature swings that no living thing could endure. New research now suggests that picture is incomplete, hinting that ...

I'm Elizabeth Rayne, and this is "Pop Mech Explains Precognition," where we investigate the science and speculation behind ...

For 40 years, we thought Earth was home to six million insect species. Turns out, it could be three times that.