Newborn babies start learning language in the womb—and are born with accent-like intonations, a new study of crying babies says.

Hyper-real animation—think movies like The Polar Express or Beowulf—can get too realistic for comfort, psychologists say. And according to a new study, monkeys might agree.

A new robot sweats, moans, and exhibits symptoms of the H1N1 swine flu virus. Unveiled Thursday in Japan, the robot is to help train health care workers. Video.

Police in Australia say a blood-engorged leech, through DNA testing, led them to a man responsible for the robbery eight years ago of a 71-year-old woman.Video

Using search engines may help stave off dementia and memory loss among older people, according to a new report. During the study, key areas of Web newbies' brains were activated after regular Googling.

It's only a matter of time before swine flu jumps to U.S. pigs, experts say. Scientists say H1N1 could strengthen while in the animals, while farmers—already battered by the perception that pork is unsafe—fear even worse sales.

People with sharper senses of smell really have a nose for relating to others' emotions, new research suggests.

Today's announcement that U.S. swine flu deaths among children are "shooting up" is generating headlines. Meanwhile swine flu is infecting another group up to five times more often than the general public, advocates say.

Giant, jelly-like sheets of dead and living organic matter, known as marine mucilages, are spreading throughout the Mediterranean. The blobs may smother marine life and carry diseases dangerous to humans.

Since 1901, the world's most prestigious award has recognized a range of pioneers and luminaries, from Albert Einstein to Al Gore.Video

The Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology has been awarded to three scientists at American universities who are unraveling how the body protects chromosomes—the carrier of the genetic code for life, the Nobel Prize jury announced today.

Don't look for seeing-eye cheetahs anytime soon, but the big cats may help disabled people in another way—by inspiring better artificial legs. Video.

Want a gorgeous garden? Just add pee, according to a new study that says nitrogen-rich urine and magnesium-rich ash work together to form a powerful—and cheap—fertilizer.

The official world's tallest man is an eight-foot-one-inch (246-centimeter) 27-year-old from Turkey, Guinness World Records announced today. A pituitary tumor had caused his gigantism. Video

A single injection of specialized genes has cured color-blindness in monkeys, a new study says. The same procedure would have cured color-blind humans, one scientist believes.