Astronomers have an exciting announcement -- a planet about 600 light years away has been discovered in a "habitable zone", which means it could potentially support life. The planet has a 260-day orbit, which puts it right in the middle of the "habitable zone" around a distant star.

Scientists might finally have come up with a bit more information about why psychopaths have such extreme behavioral abnormalities.

A team of psychologists at St. Lawrence University have discovered that chewing gum actually has measurable cognitive benefits. Chewing gum during certain activities has proven (in this study) to be very effective at boosting a person's mental performance.

Yes, oxygen exists in space. No, this doesn't mean a "Space Aqua-Lung" is in development.

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University are interested in your life -- no, really. They sifted through over 2 billion public tweets, and came up with some really interesting information about certain health problems.

The latest advancement in robotics has come from Germany, where scientists have developed a new robotic model that has 'sensitive skin', allowing it to simulate the sensation of touch.

Ah, Finland. Home of hard-metal-cello musicians and delicious Karelian pasty. Also, apparently home to scientists who spend their time trying to drink really, really old beer. Who funds Finland's research programs, again?

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have announced plans to begin researching the possibility of increasing photosynthesis in crops.

At the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Washington, Cornell University and Wake Forest University scientists showed off technology that could lead to printing skin tissue.

Two scientists at Yale have developed a type of anti-laser that they feel could one day be used to help treat cancer.