But studying these children may be key to developing better biomarkers of consciousness that can be used to determine whether unresponsive brain-injured patients are covertly conscious—that is, ...

A team of researchers from King’s College London, Harvard University, UC Berkeley, and others may have taken a major step toward solving one of the universe’s biggest mysteries. They’ve developed the ...

Dark matter, the invisible stuff that scientists believe makes up around 85 percent of the mass in the universe, remains one of science's biggest mysteries. As far as anyone has been able to establish ...

Two intriguing signals spotted in a small gravitational-wave detector could represent all kinds of exotic phenomena — from new physics to dark matter interacting with black holes to vibrations from ...

Imagine you are the victim of an unfortunate accident. A car crash, perhaps, or a fall down the stairs. After some time, you regain awareness. Sounds return, smells greet your nostrils, textures kiss ...