People who had trouble solving problems were more likely to solve them when prompted in their sleep.

Urban heat, a solution for plastic pollution and saving gopher frogs. Plus, Raven Rock State Park. How heat acts like a “silent killer” across urban landscapes, and a breeding program that gives ...

In a landmark study published in Cell Reports, scientists demonstrated that mouse cortical organoids (miniature, lab-grown ...

Kiley Pappas, a fifth-grader at Quail Run Elementary School, likes to jump off things. Unfortunately, jumping off swings and boxes can be both problematic and painful. Kiley has broken both her arm ...

Many school districts and policymakers are stepping up efforts to teach students the skills they need to be prepared for the jobs of the future. One big area of focus is STEM. Jobs in science, ...

Researchers wonder whether the dreaming state might be doing more than you realize.

Everyone’s heard the advice to “sleep on it” when facing a tough problem. Turns out there’s real science behind that old wisdom. Researchers at Northwestern University have shown that dreams ...

Decades of research has shown promise for using microbiome science to solve several problems facing agriculture, but these ...

Many engineering challenges come down to the same headache—too many knobs to turn and too few chances to test them. Whether ...