Conservationists still need to work to minimize conflict between the endangered apes and humans | Continue reading
Groundhogs are less accurate at weather forecasting than are coin flips, but they are nonetheless pretty interesting critters. | Continue reading
Groundhogs are less accurate at weather forecasting than are coin flips, but they are nevertheless pretty interesting critters. | Continue reading
Ash and silt washed into rivers and coastal areas will choke underwater ecosystems | Continue reading
One hypothesis says the ability to vocalize arose in nocturnal animals—and a new evolutionary analysis suggests there may be some truth to it. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The pharmaceutical industry is in a drug-discovery slump. How much can AI help? | Continue reading
Digitization of patient charts was supposed to revolutionize medical practice. Artificial intelligence could help unlock its potential | Continue reading
Deep-learning algorithms are peering into MRIs and x-rays with unmatched vision, but who is to blame when they make a mistake? | Continue reading
Successfully applying AI to biomedicine requires innovators trained in contrasting cultures | Continue reading
To meet its ambitious goal, the state will have to pull carbon from the atmosphere and tackle emissions from agriculture and landfills, a new report says | Continue reading
CDC officials raised the possibility that the coronavirus could become a pandemic, but hoped it would not be | Continue reading
A virus that originated in Wuhan, China, has sickened thousands in the country and spread to numerous other nations | Continue reading
The spreading swarms, triggered by cyclone rains, threaten crops in East Africa | Continue reading
A woman from China infected a person in Germany before she began displaying symptoms | Continue reading
Originally published in September 1899 | Continue reading
By leaking water, a soft robotic gripper cools itself more efficiently than humans do | Continue reading
Well more than 100 distinct sign languages exist worldwide, with each having features that made it possible for researchers to create an evolutionary tree of their lineages. | Continue reading
Scientists have detected relativistic frame dragging, a prediction of Einstein’s greatest theory, around a distant pair of exotic stars | Continue reading
The declaration was made because of the risk the virus poses to countries outside China, where limited person-person spread has occurred | Continue reading
Journalist and author Peter Brannen talks about his book, The Ends of the World: Volcanic Apocalypses, Lethal Oceans, and Our Quest to Understand Earth's Past Mass Extinctions. | Continue reading
The case involved the husband of an infected woman who recently traveled to China | Continue reading
Objects entering our solar system are upending some long-held astronomical assumptions | Continue reading
Some climate scientists argue using such scenarios could make climate targets sound less achievable than they are | Continue reading
Snags hinder efforts to create small cellular models of the human cortex | Continue reading
Originally published in April 1895 | Continue reading
Particular antioxidants in fruits and vegetables may lower chances of getting the disease | Continue reading
Particular antioxidants in fruits and vegetables may lower chances of getting the disease | Continue reading
More agile solar and storage installations could help replace fossil fuel-burning peaker plants | Continue reading
For years, experts have been telling us to cut back on red meat. Now, a new analysis says there’s no reason to. What’s a health-conscious consumer to do? | Continue reading
The team plans to share the virus with groups around the world to spur development of diagnostics and vaccines | Continue reading
An electronic device increases their speed, and later versions could control their direction as well | Continue reading
Scientists have released the first pictures from a new telescope in Hawaii, one of three missions expected to redefine our understanding of our home star in the 2020s | Continue reading
Scientists have released the first pictures from a new telescope in Hawaii, one of three missions expected to redefine our understanding of our home star in the 2020s | Continue reading
Originally published in January 1912 | Continue reading
Thankfully, the probability of a collision is just 0.1 percent | Continue reading
Extra pounds can lead to health problems, but dwelling on fat itself can increase stigma and shame | Continue reading
The presidential candidate wants new limits on government use of biased studies pushed by industry | Continue reading
Whales searching for food near California during recent marine heat events became ensnared in fishing gear | Continue reading
Lying has gotten a bad rap. In fact, it is among the most sophisticated accomplishments of the human mind. But how can one tell if a person is fibbing? | Continue reading
Although still a long way from becoming law, the legislation is reigniting a debate over the space agency’s plans | Continue reading
Although scientists have learned a lot so far, there is still much they do not know about the novel virus spreading in China and other countries | Continue reading
Axiom Space will provide at least one habitable segment to help spur commercial activity in orbit | Continue reading
Nations racing to acquire weapons that choose their own targets are ignoring the apocalyptic scenarios that can unfold when rivals catch up | Continue reading
Originally published in April 1945 | Continue reading