Tiny bedbugs are a big nuisance. They hide in cracks and crevices—and even inside library books!

A new wireless sensor may let parents and medical staff get closer to sick and premature babies in neonatal intensive care.

Toe-MAY-toe, toe-MAH-toe. Could the food you eat affect your pronunciation? A new study suggests that the change from primitive foodstuffs to modern delicacies may have altered human jaws and mouths—and thereby the very sounds we utter. Read More

New technology, new strategies, new rules—soon baseball could look a lot different.

Almost 400 years after its completion, St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City now boasts one of the world's most innovative lighting systems.

When scientists examined the remains of a medieval-era woman, they made a remarkable discovery that gives clues about the woman's profession.

Dutch railway company NS may begin paying reparations for its role in transporting Jews during World War II.

A study on delaying the start to the school day reveals that students who catch more Z's also make more A's.

Scorched property, injured or missing persons, deaths—fires in California are taking lives and destroying homes at an alarming rate. This past wildfire season, hundreds of thousands of residents escaped ahead of some 7,579 blazes. Read More

File this under things we knew: Cat tongues are scratchy. File this under things we can’t believe we’ve just learned: Tiny hooks spring up on a cat’s tongue when it licks and grooms. And those hooks have built-in scoops to carry kitty saliva into thick fur for a deep clean. Read More