The most widely used antivenom is not effective against the venom of several common snakes | Continue reading
The 2019 New York Yankees' record number of injuries led to a change in training staff that will almost certainly correlate with, but not necessarily cause, a lower injury rate this coming season. | Continue reading
Researchers explore how different cultures respond to the same music | Continue reading
Critics say a loophole in carbon accounting undermines the Paris Agreement to limit global warming | Continue reading
The virus has sickened 59 people so far but does not appear to be transmitting among humans | Continue reading
Advanced remote-sensing satellite technology is compiling a granular record of Earth’s hardest-to-reach regions | Continue reading
The ubiquitous technique for relieving stress and pain has remarkably little scientific evidence backing it, a group of scientists contend | Continue reading
A Chinese court sent a strong signal by punishing He Jiankui and two colleagues | Continue reading
Originally published in September 1919 | Continue reading
Originally published in September 1919 | Continue reading
Reactivating remembered problems during sleep can trigger solutions | Continue reading
A few brief reports about international science and technology from Indonesia to Spain, including one from Brazil about the highest voltage electric eel ever discovered. | Continue reading
The 2010s brought major climate science advances, but researchers still want to pin down estimates of Arctic melt and sea level rise | Continue reading
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The device uses lasers to accelerate electrons along an etched channel | Continue reading
The device uses lasers to accelerate electrons along an etched channel | Continue reading
In South Africa archaeologists found the charred remains of a roasted root vegetable. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Mathematicians are devising new techniques to better predict how to tie strong knots that are useful in climbing and sailing | Continue reading
Promoting “healthspan” involves exercise and games | Continue reading
A new federal report points to major potential losses in key fisheries and protective coral reefs | Continue reading
Rats show changes in compulsive behavior when a brain connection is turned on or inhibited | Continue reading
Getting around the sun last year was some trip. | Continue reading
Such energy storage technology could help relieve congested transmission lines in places like Vermont | Continue reading
The software detected cancers at higher rates than radiologists, with fewer false positives | Continue reading
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The dot-underwing moth may visibly signal to mates under cover of darkness | Continue reading
The magazine’s hues provide a record of publishing technology and trends | Continue reading
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A new material’s strange properties could be useful in future quantum computers | Continue reading
A Chinese Court jailed He Jiankui for an “illegal medical practice” in editing embryos’ DNA | Continue reading
While California had some success at minimizing wildfires in 2019, much work remains to mitigate flooding | Continue reading
A Mars invasion, a climate meeting and human–animal hybrids are set to shape the research agenda | Continue reading
Even a galaxy teeming with star-hopping alien civilizations should still harbor isolated, unvisited worlds—and Earth might be among them | Continue reading
New therapies for beloved pets are getting developed in hopes of treating humans as well | Continue reading
Tiger mosquitoes thrive in abandoned urban buildings | Continue reading
Throughout Melanesia primitive men await a black Messiah who will bring them a largess of "cargo" (European goods). These cults typify the impact of Christendom on premodern society | Continue reading
Poet W. H. Auden greets the New Year; Einstein helps us throw out old ideas | Continue reading
By comparing how DNA gets altered over the lifetimes of people and dogs, researchers came up with a new way to compare canine years to human years. | Continue reading
Heat, mosquito-borne diseases and air pollution are medical issues that should be viewed through a climate lens, advocates say | Continue reading
A new tool provides detailed, 3-D chemical view of exploded star systems | Continue reading
Some algorithms were up to 100 times better at identifying white faces | Continue reading
From disappearing kelp to small hydropower dams, experts identify the trends that will affect the Earth’s ecosystems | Continue reading
Research suggests people value gifts more when they have to unwrap them—but how to avoid all the wasted paper? Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Research suggests people value gifts more when they have to unwrap them. But how do we avoid all the wasted paper? Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
We now have the ability to screen for thousands of genetic diseases in newborns. That may not always be the healthy thing to do | Continue reading
The formation of spiral galaxies remains an open question in astronomy, but a new study offers a fresh look into how these structures emerge | Continue reading