A leading Brazilian scientist discusses the challenges faced by the country, which has the world’s third-highest number of COVID-19 cases | Continue reading
A global natural experiment examines the time warp of life under quarantine | Continue reading
Two astronauts will ride a privately built rocket and spacecraft to orbit, marking the first launch of humans from U.S. soil in nearly a decade | Continue reading
The phenomenon demonstrates the rise and fall of dominant leaders in turbulent times | Continue reading
Cory’s shearwaters forge their own paths over the sea | Continue reading
The impressive health benefits of drinking yerba mate include increased energy and enhanced weight loss. Should you trade your coffee or tea for this traditional South American beverage? | Continue reading
As the climate changes, so will the prime area for growing corn and soy in the Midwest | Continue reading
Originally published in August 1906 | Continue reading
The device prevents oxygen deprivation in coronavirus-blocking respirators | Continue reading
Space observations are poised to reveal more about the centre of one of the Universe’s most enigmatic objects | Continue reading
A new x-ray survey of distant galaxies suggests that the universe is expanding unevenly | Continue reading
Support for basic research helped to make the U.S. an economic powerhouse, but that’s now in danger | Continue reading
Ants will not attack if they cannot smell enemies’ precise scents | Continue reading
Lizard embryos host tiny nematode invaders | Continue reading
Tree rings, ice cores and sediment deposits could record changes in pollution during the global shutdown | Continue reading
Tree rings, ice cores and sediment deposits could record changes in pollution during the global shutdown | Continue reading
New analysis reveals river deltas’ surprising expansion | Continue reading
Less water loss from plants causes the surrounding air to warm, and currents can transport that heat poleward | Continue reading
New therapeutics are testing whether protective bacteria can dampen harmful immune responses to food | Continue reading
A gene whose mutated form is associated with cancer in humans turns out to have a role in burning calories over a long evolutionary history. | Continue reading
The emerging and surprising view of how the enteric nervous system in our bellies goes far beyond just processing the food we eat | Continue reading
The U.S. president’s hostility to expertise puts us all in danger | Continue reading
Climate change could impact where the blooms, likely important to the local ecosystem, appear | Continue reading
Originally published in April 1860 | Continue reading
Researchers found COVID-19 infection produces a strong T cell response. Here’s why they say that is good news | Continue reading
COVID-19 has stifled the world’s largest immunization program. Yet polio’s vast workforce is also helping in the fight against the new disease | Continue reading
Mosquitoes that like to bite at night are being thwarted by bed nets, leading to the rise of populations that prefer to bite when the nets are not up yet. | Continue reading
Mosquitoes that like to bite at night are being thwarted by bednets, leading to the rise of populations that prefer to bite when the nets aren't up yet. | Continue reading
Here are some cool facts about this amazing hormone and how you can help your brain to release more of it | Continue reading
The behavior could be an evolutionary adaptation that lets bees forage more easily | Continue reading
The rising odds of extreme weather are putting strain on aging infrastructure | Continue reading
The pioneering astronomer and ‘mother of Hubble’ paved the way for revolutionary space observatories | Continue reading
Originally published in January 1917 | Continue reading
The Artemis Accords could ensure a peaceful and prosperous future for lunar exploration—if everyone agrees to them | Continue reading
Scientists urge caution over hints of success emerging from small human and animal studies | Continue reading
Scientists urge caution over hints of success emerging from small human and animal studies | Continue reading
A close brush can leave a lasting mental legacy—and may tell us about how the mind functions under extreme conditions | Continue reading
The pandemic lockdowns are providing a window into how a wariness of humans uniquely shapes other species’ behavior | Continue reading
The decline shows how far there is to go to curtail greenhouse gases over the long term | Continue reading
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins is at the forefront of a new crop of space explorers destined for the moon and maybe one day Mars | Continue reading
Originally published in January 1967 | Continue reading
The disk of gas and stars resembles our own Milky Way but somehow formed when the universe was only about 10 percent of its current age | Continue reading
Researchers have crafted a device that replicates the shape of the eye’s sensory membrane | Continue reading
Earth monitoring and high-speed Internet are driving demand | Continue reading
UNESCO should declare the heavens a World Heritage site | Continue reading
“Reverse zoonosis” may foster the right conditions for the next COVID-19 | Continue reading
Physicist Brian Keating talks about his book Losing the Nobel Prize: A Story of Cosmology, Ambition, and the Perils of Science’s Highest Honor. | Continue reading
Snorting powdered smallpox scabs and jumping into the beds of those freshly dead from yellow fever. Humanity has gone to extreme lengths in search of immunity before. | Continue reading