How well we pay attention while learning is influenced not only by external distractions like background noise but also by internal factors such as how interesting we find the material, according to a ...

Climate scientists have discovered that warming trends in the world's oceans are changing how tropical cyclones form and intensify. Increasingly high ocean temperatures are fueling typhoons and ...

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This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hungarian Nobel Prize laureate László Krasznahorkai delivered a rare lecture in Stockholm, presenting ...

When legendary sports scientist Carl Foster was honored by the American College of Sports Medicine last year, he was asked which among his 570 peer-reviewed publications was his favorite. He singled ...

A tailored low-intensity noise stimulus alleviated tinnitus symptoms in a Phase II trial, demonstrating promise for a non-masking, precision-based sound therapy that quiets the brain’s internal noise.

When we listen to a moving piece of music or feel the gentle pulse of a haptic vibration, our bodies react before we consciously register the feeling. The heart may quicken, palms may sweat resulting ...

Low intensity exercise encompasses activities that aren’t challenging and don’t increase your heart rate much. It can still provide health benefits, particularly when done more often. Exercise is ...

DETROIT – Hurricane Melissa is nearing the maximum potential intensity that earth’s atmosphere can produce. The Category 5 hurricane produced a wind gust recorded at an astonishing 241 mph by ...

Who is the Antichrist, the biblical antagonist whose rise marks the beginning of the end-times? Peter Thiel recently took a stab at answering this age-old question. Thiel kicks off the lecture series ...

We all grow older. There is nothing we can do about that, but the quality of those years is within our control, as recent research has shown. After receiving a doctor’s approval to begin any exercise ...