The average woman spends three months of her life and about $200,000 shopping for shoes, a survey revealed yesterday.

New drugs which will allow people to survive on only two hours sleep a day are being developed, scientists have said.

Scientists now know why some people can be fat but fit.

Exercising during pregnancy might have unanticipated benefits – at least in mice, a new study suggests. Pups born to active moms developed bigger brains a few weeks after birth.

The United Nation’s World Water Development Report says nearly 20 percent of the Earth’s population lacks access to safe drinking water.

Researchers have come a step closer to developing a device that will enable people to write and manipulate objects by reading their mind.

A University of Arizona researcher is cataloging the spectral fingerprints of all known minerals.