Tools used to reconstruct the rise of drug-resistant tuberculosis could also be applied in real time to ward off would-be epidemics | Continue reading
If the virus cannot be contained, it could start regularly circulating in the population like other common respiratory viruses | Continue reading
His body of work is broad but unnervingly shallow | Continue reading
One year after the world learned of He Jiankui’s editing of twins, gaps in rules remain | Continue reading
Living as a night owl in a lark’s world could be damaging your health. Here are three tips (backed by science) for thriving among the day dwellers | Continue reading
The sites are rich in cultural history, but the blazes might also reveal some unknown ones, say archaeologists | Continue reading
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AI elicits better cooperation through deception | Continue reading
Researchers dialed down the default number of opioids in two hospitals' prescription systems—and doctors ended up prescribing fewer pills. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Researchers dialed down the default number of opioids in two hospitals’ prescription systems—and doctors ended up prescribing fewer pills. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Sarcastic comments boost creativity, a study finds | Continue reading
It itches, it oozes, it drives you crazy! Here are all the surprising ways you can end up getting a poison-ivy-like reaction and how to avoid them | Continue reading
It itches, it oozes, it drives you crazy! Here are all the surprising ways you can end up getting a poison-ivy-like reaction and how to avoid them | Continue reading
Some wolf pups will play fetch with a stranger, suggesting that an ability to playfully interact with people could have come before, and played a role in, dog domestication. | Continue reading
If you're lugging around a fanny pack water bladder or sports beverages, you may be doing it wrong | Continue reading
A common brain chemical could be behind the process that morphs timid grasshoppers into voracious locusts | Continue reading
The country has shut down all travel to and from Wuhan and nearby cities in an attempt to curb the spread of a new virus | Continue reading
The country has shut down all travel to and from Wuhan and nearby cities in an attempt to curb the spread of a new virus | Continue reading
By listening to the sounds of the forest, biologists were able to identify an invasion of barred owls in spotted owl habitat. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Research reveals surprising visual sophistication | Continue reading
A boom in petrochemical plants driven by cheap natural gas could lock in greenhouse emissions for decades to come | Continue reading
The patient had recently returned to Chicago from Wuhan | Continue reading
Evidence suggests at least one Chinese patient ignited a chain of human-to-human transmission | Continue reading
U.S. dietary recommendations lag decades behind the emerging science on diet and nutrition | Continue reading
Originally published in March 1881 | Continue reading
Studying gene expression in human brain tissue grown in the lab could offer insight into disorders such as autism | Continue reading
One variety alerts neighbors to keep pests at bay | Continue reading
The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii boosts curiosity in mice—which makes mice more likely to be caught by cats, thus continuing the parasite’s life cycle. Karen Hopkin reports. | Continue reading
A genetic analysis suggests a reptilian reservoir, but researchers doubt the coronavirus could have originated in animals other than birds or mammals | Continue reading
The agency’s director-general said it is an emergency in China, but not yet globally | Continue reading
Government climate scientists will study two geoengineering proposals to counteract global warming | Continue reading
Researchers printed a replica of the vocal tract of ancient Egyptian scribe Nesyamun | Continue reading
Eerie images from the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster still haunt us 30 years later | Continue reading
Originally published in July 1943 | Continue reading
It’s not just what you say but how you say it, research shows | Continue reading
It’s not just what you say but how you say it, research shows | Continue reading
A study of the virus's genetic sequence suggests similarities to that seen in snakes, but the origin must still be verified | Continue reading
Eight years of experiments demonstrate the bridging of large gaps in damaged nerves | Continue reading
Federal disease agency director Anthony Fauci discusses the novel pathogen that has, so far, sickened hundreds in Asia and one person in the U.S. | Continue reading
Federal disease agency director Anthony Fauci discusses the novel pathogen that has, so far, sickened hundreds in Asia and one person in the U.S. | Continue reading
Ozone-eating chemicals are also potent greenhouse gases, accounting for up to half of the Arctic’s temperature rise | Continue reading
Cells in the body don’t always play nicely together. Could co-opting their competitive nature help to unlock cutting-edge therapies? | Continue reading
The partial fruit fly “connectome” contains approximately 25,000 neurons and 20 million synapses | Continue reading
Confused about whether or not you should lift on the same day as a run? You're not alone. Let's take a deep dive into the research and determine what to do | Continue reading
Book recommendations from the editors of Scientific American | Continue reading
Originally published in July 1893 | Continue reading
A new study finds that music and some other human phenomena have altered at a pace comparable to that of animals such as Darwin’s finches | Continue reading
Such areas face a disproportionate risk of heat-related impacts and exposure to air pollution | Continue reading