Sleep and healing in children

Medical sociologist Cary Brown says more research is needed to explore the relationship between lack of sleep and children with chronic health problems.

Watch this amazing video of a hummingbird-sized aircraft

The Nano Hummingbird is the world's smallest Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or UAV. It's an aircraft that looks and flies like a hummingbird.

NASA helps airplanes avoid storms, turbulence, delays

Weather is the main culprit in flight delays. NASA's satellites help airplanes avoid storms by producing better forecasts. Read more here.

Slow down there, diet soda study

A February 2011 study suggests a link between diet soda and stroke and other vascular events. But the lack of peer review needs to be acknowledged in news stories.

Check out this DNA video

DNA may be the world's most powerful computer chip, says Dr. Martin Hilbert of the University of Southern California. This rockin' DNA animation would appear to support his claim.

Martin Hilbert: All human information, stored on CD, would reach beyond the moon

If a single star is a bit of information, there's a galaxy of info for every person on Earth, says the first-ever inventory of our info capacity. Learn more from Martin Hilbert.

Resurrecting a 200-year-old vintage beer

Finnish scientists are teasing out the secrets in the oldest bottle of beer in the world, kept chilled for 200 years on a shipwreck in the Baltic Sea.

Baby boomers go high tech to age better

Research labs around the country - like MIT's AgeLab - are focused on creating technologies that help seniors stay active, healthy, and independent. Their target? Baby boomers with purchasing power.

Jorge Galan reveals the stealth of Salmonella, and also its Achilles heel

The Yale researcher has made a new discovery that could lead to an antidote for Salmonella poisoning, and even the creation of next-gen antibiotics.

The pain paradox and current research

Researchers are looking for differences in the brain between people with chronic illnesses and pain and those who are healthy. Read more.