Originally published in January 1867 | Continue reading
Whole-body Vibration Training promises some impressive fitness and health benefits. But is shakin' it on a vibrating platform as good for you as regular old exercise? | Continue reading
Prescribing weight loss to black women ignores barriers to their health | Continue reading
The two could come together, making things worse—or our new hygiene habits may actually reduce the flu’s spread | Continue reading
An Arctic heat wave ushered in the start of the melt season two weeks earlier than average | Continue reading
The interstellar visitor ‘Oumuamua, discovered in 2017, may represent an entirely new type of astrophysical object, two astronomers say | Continue reading
Your clever brain can work overtime building worst-case scenarios. Here’s how to recognize and avoid common thinking traps so you don't get stuck | Continue reading
Originally published in November 1895 | Continue reading
Unlike vials, flexible films could preserve medicines for long periods, with no refrigeration needed | Continue reading
Prey animals flash biochemically produced light to confuse elephant seals hunting in the dark, but at least one seal turned the tables. | Continue reading
The impacts of floods can exacerbate existing racial and social inequality | Continue reading
A sensitive genetic fingerprinting technique could help scholars learn more from thousands of fragile parchment fragments | Continue reading
Originally published in January 1917 | Continue reading
The more people enjoy music, the more similar their brain activity is to that of the musician | Continue reading
What kinds of face coverings work for protection against COVID-19? How do you use them safely? A series of simple steps outlines the answers | Continue reading
Creatures from albatross to loggerhead turtles will use different habitats, depending on their sex—a factor that is often not accounted for in conservation plans | Continue reading
Analyzing keywords on Twitter can offer a loose measure of the subject well-being of a community, as long as you don't count three words: good, love and LOL. | Continue reading
Yields of native wild rice have shrunk due to temperature rise, shoreline erosion and other environmental problems | Continue reading
Originally published in November 1845 | Continue reading
High-resolution images of the debris disks around stars are revealing how solar systems form | Continue reading
In their own voices, health care workers from across the country reflect on coping with the coronavirus | Continue reading
Smarter cooking and cleaning can lessen the risk | Continue reading
Emotion researcher Ursula Hess explains why a facial expression can be detected when obscured by a face covering | Continue reading
Anxiety and depression are two of the most common conditions affecting mental health and overall quality of life, but there are tools for managing them. In this eBook, we’ll explore how depression shows up in the brain, different manifestations of depression and anxiety, va … | Continue reading
The Silent Cities project is collecting sound from cities around the planet during the coronavirus pandemic to give researchers a database of natural sound in areas usually filled with human-generated noise. | Continue reading
The Silent Cities project is collecting audio from cities around the planet during the coronavirus pandemic to give researchers a database of natural sounds in areas usually filled with human-generated noise. | Continue reading
Baseless theories threaten our safety and democracy. It turns out that specific emotions make people prone to such thinking | Continue reading
Science in meter and verse | Continue reading
Controversial new archaeological research casts doubt on a classic theory of this famous island's societal collapse | Continue reading
As President Trump terminates the US relationship with the agency, experts foresee incoherence, inefficiency and a resurgence of deadly diseases | Continue reading
Stanford University neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky talks about human behavior, the penal system and the question of free will. | Continue reading
Geological evidence shows glaciers retreated by as much as 6 miles in a year at the end of the last ice age | Continue reading
The Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean is so deep your bones would literally dissolve. What's down there in its black, crushing depths? | Continue reading
Originally published in January 1967 | Continue reading
Some experts caution we should temper our expectations about the much-touted approach | Continue reading
Some experts caution we should temper our expectations about the much-touted approach | Continue reading
Here are some brief reports about science and technology from around the planet, including one about an incredibly well-preserved horned lark ( Eremophila alpestris ), like the one pictured, that lived 46,000 years ago. | Continue reading
Can fancy-looking air-filled boots play a role in our workout recovery? I asked physiology expert Dr. Jeff Martin to take a deep dive with me to find out | Continue reading
The proposed package would boost clean energy and transport to help the continent become carbon neutral by 2050 | Continue reading
A new analysis ruffles the story of poultry domestication | Continue reading
Originally published in August 1856 | Continue reading
Biotechs and pharma want to protect patients without triggering immune system havoc | Continue reading
Biotechs and pharma want to protect patients without triggering immune system havoc | Continue reading
Exposed to mildly warmer waters, some corals turn neon, instead of bleaching white. The dramatic colors may help coax symbiotic algae back. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The fuel is increasingly uncompetitive with cheaper natural gas and renewable energy | Continue reading
Originally published in November 1945 | Continue reading