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Being kind to others causes a small but significant improvement in subjective well-being.Credit: © katerha / Flickr   Researchers conclude that being kind to others causes...

Have you ever wondered why our hands have exactly five fingers? Dr. Marie Kmita's team certainly has. The researchers at the Institut de recherches...

The Ocean Cleanup concludes first-ever reconnaissance flight over ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’ The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans...

Image Source: Flickr/mlazarevski Metabolic and anxiety-related disorders both pose a significant healthcare burden, and are in the spotlight of contemporary research and therapeutic efforts. Although...

MIT researchers outfitted their cube robot with shock-absorbing "skins" (left) that transfer less than half of the energy that would normally be transferred to...

Representation of the interior of Enceladus with icy crust, ocean and solid core. ROB researchers think that Dione may also have a subsurface ocean. Credit:...

A study published online today in Nature by Albert Einstein College of Medicine scientists suggests that it may not be possible to extend the...

This 360-degree panorama was acquired by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover while the rover was in an area called "Murray...

To direct-write the logo of the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists started with a gray-scale image. They used the electron beam...

A jaguar named Aquiles recorded by camera traps in Cana National Park, Darien Province, Panama.Credit: Fundación Yaguará Panamá. Ricardo Moreno, research associate at the Smithsonian...

This is a Hubble Space Telescope image of supernova 1994D in galaxy NGC 4526.Credit: NASA/ESA   New model explains how inspiraling dead stars can explode at...