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What if you could never get a good night's rest? Researchers are investigating whether sleep deprivation can keep people trapped in poverty.

Embedding musicians in a low-income elementary school has brought gains in math and reading. But is this a boutique approach, or could it be scaled?

William Masters and Virginia Johnson became famous in the 1960s for their research into the physiology of human sexuality. In Masters of Sex, biographer Thomas Maier explores the duo's research methods, which for years remained shrouded in secrecy.

Our country needs more people with science, math, and engineering degrees -- at least, that is common refrain among politicians and educators.

Hot or cold, in a soda, hot toddy or beer — people are finding all sorts of ways to imbibe cascara. It's a caffeinated, tea-like drink with a fruity flavor made from dried coffee cherries.

Harvard researcher Kit Parker built his academic career studying the heart. But Parker, also an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve, switched his focus to figuring out how IED blasts damage the brain.

With two Republican challengers vying to unseat him, Democratic San Diego County Supervisor Dave Roberts won’t keep his position without a fight.

UCSD will use the money to test and validate the performance of systems.

Investigators say the man behind Thursday's shooting at a community college is also dead — but the local sheriff also says he'll never say the man's name in public. A county commissioner agrees.

They were followed by The Imitation Game with eight Oscar nominations and American Sniper and Boyhood, with six each.