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Dark matter is a mysterious beast. Now, using data gathered from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have found that the best way to explain how matter clumps together in galaxies is with a model of dark matter that’s both fuzzy and excited.

​Guys who aren't so great at thinking things through can blame testosterone, according to new research that seems to backup the old stereotype of the hot-headed guy. A new study links the sex hormone to relying on "gut instincts" over self reflection and more deliberate, slow consideration.

​It turns out the fountain of youth might be coursing through human umbilical cords. At least that's part of the finding from a team of researchers that saw some impressive results when the substance was injected into old mice. The finding might help combat age-related mental impairments.

Travel can be a joy, except when jet lag sets in. While light therapy and melatonin have been shown to help the symptoms of the condition, there is no real cure. New research however, might one day make getting over your disrupted body clock as simple as taking a few eye drops.

​Much like in the case of strokes, the time immediately after a heart attack provides a critical window in which damage to the body can be minimized. Researchers in Madrid have just figured out how a drug that's been around for decades helps doctors use that time to best advantage.

Paramedics experience more job-related injuries than workers in almost any other sector. According to research conducted by the University of Waterloo, however, there's a straightforward way of bringing those injury rates down by up to 78 percent: equip paramedics with powered stretchers.​

The Qualcomm Tricorder XPrize tasked competing teams with developing a portable and versatile medical diagnostics machine that would give people "unprecedented access" to information about their health. The contest has now been run and won, with an AI-powered device awarded top honors.

​Scientists at Empa are developing a gelatine-based model that simulates the characteristics of human skin by mimicking the way it absorbs water. This could provide an alternative to human clinical trials for testing how skin interacts with textiles, like surgical dressings.

Ever since the discovery of the short statured "hobbit" human, Homo floresiensis, in 2003, scientists have been debating where it fits on the human evolutionary tree. According to a new study, the species did not evolve from from Homo erectus as previously argued.

Naked mole-rats are long lived for their size, resistant to cancer and pain, and, according to a new study, they’re basically half-plants. Deprived of oxygen, the enter into suspended animation and use a survival technique previously only thought possible in plants.

Scientists have identified a Type Ia supernova behind a galaxy two billion light years away that is acting like a gigantic magnifying glass. This is the first such supernova to be seen by gravitational lensing and could give a better understanding of how the universe is expanding.

Isolated communities often lack garbage disposal infrastructure, meaning it’s hard to either truck out the trash or process it on-site. The Trashpresso is designed to lighten the load a little, as a semi-portable, solar-powered plant that turns trash into tiles.