Health & Science

Earliest sunset arrives this Saturday, latest sunrise arrives early next month. Summer constellations can still be seen ...

The journal American Psychologist has published a special issue on peace ...

Comet ISON arrives at the sun on Thanksgiving Day. Observers hope the close approach will dramatically increase dust pr ...

Blended families with children have a lot on their plates. There are roles to define, needs to pay attention to, and loyalties to underst ...

As Comet ISON heads towards the sun, its icy CO2 nucleus is beginning to sublimate, releasing the dust trapped since th ...

No woman expects to suffer the physical and emotional devastation of postpartum depression or PPD. Expectant mothers are more inclined t ...

In this week’s edition of Patient Files, we take a look at pain, recovery, remorse and a heavy dose of “I told you so.” ...

Earth-like is a very relative term; mass, size, distance from star, atmosphere, temperature, orbiting period are all fa ...

We’re learning more and more about concussions, their immediate and long-term physical and mental health implications, with an eye on w ...

Question: What other solar system body has lakes? Answer: Titan, the largest moon of Saturn (slightly bigger than our m ...

Thousands of people with mental illness today are homeless or languish in prisons. And thousands more live in thinly funded “quasi- ...

Research tells us the brain is wired to learn quickly from bad experiences, while ignoring good ones. Neuropsychologist Rick Hanson says ...

Largest known star (16,000 light years away) shows signs of imminent destruction. W26 is 3,000 times the diameter of o ...

Orionid meteor shower tonight — Let’s talk meteor showers for a minute. Majors, minors, what to expect, whe ...

“If only I had one more week to get this done,” we often say to ourselves in utter despair when working under a crushing deadline. Bu ...