Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner of Maine and his wife, Amy Gertner, celebrate in Blue Hill after unofficial results declared ...

Kansas Democrats face a big challenge heading into the August primaries. They have too many people running for U.S. Senate and too few running for other critical offices, notably governor. At present, ...

What we're essentially doing is forcing sleep in a local region of the brain. While that part is solidifying memories and restoring learning capacity, other parts stay aware/vigilant and connected to ...

For new discoveries, everyday mysteries, and the science behind the headlines, follow NPR's ShortWave podcast . Over a century ago, the German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler conducted what became a ...

Despite having tiny brains, bumblebees have demonstrated a remarkable ability to socially learn how to use tools, solve simple puzzles, and cooperate to achieve a goal. It seems they can also solve ...

German psychologist Wolfgang Köhler set up a famous experiment more than 100 years ago that changed how scientists understand animal intelligence and the power of insight — or spontaneous ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable is that the bees had never been trained. The findings challenge the ...

A newly identified group of amygdala neurons appears to play a central role in anxiety and social behavior. Restoring normal activity in this tiny brain circuit reversed anxiety and social deficits in ...

The Great Pyramid has been standing through the frequent earthquakes of Egypt for thousands of years, but how something so ancient could hold up so well was a mystery until now. Researchers who ...

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt has survived more than 4,500 years. Earthquakes have repeatedly shaken the region, including the magnitude 5.8 Cairo earthquake in 1992, which dislodged some of the ...

It was erected 4,600 years ago as pharaoh Khufu tomb Scientists use seismometers to assess structural dynamics Pyramid exhibits stable structural response to vibrations It has endured earthquakes that ...