There is no evidence that fidget spinners offer any benefits for ADHD, autism or anxiety, a small new review study reveals.

The discovery of sediment layers in a seaside cave represents the longest record of tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, and the clearest record of tsunamis anywhere in the world.

Researchers are improving the ability of robots to identify three-dimensional objects even if their shape is partially obscured.

Trypophobia is an unusual phobia -- people feel strongly disgusted when they see clusters of circle-shaped objects, such as bubbles or holes.

Why don't pedigreed cats show the extremes in body size and shape that dog breeds do?

Strategies aimed at helping people to be healthy could help to decrease the global numbers of dementia cases.

Senator John McCain was diagnosed with a type of brain tumor called a glioblastoma, his office said yesterday (July 19).

A new study pushes back the first known evidence of human activity in Australia - to 65,000 years ago.

Elon Musk may be focused primarily on Mars, but he'd also like to see a human outpost on a world much closer to home.

Rising global temperatures are melting areas of permafrost that hold enormous stores of planet warming gases — but the risk of a doomsday methane bomb remains low.

What's that on the beach? Unusual objects can stump even ocean experts.

The 6-year-old son of Cecil the Lion was shot and killed on July 7 just outside Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, meeting the same end his father did in 2015.

Grab that iced tea — much of the U.S. has had a hot summer so far, and it's only going to get hotter, according to a report released today (July 20) by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The "stomach bug" norovirus is behind the latest outbreak of foodborne illness linked to Chipotle, according to health officials.

Tuna fish repurpose their lymphatic system to control their movement.