How do wind turbines convert wind into electricity? And can living near one really affect your health? Everyday Einstein explains | Continue reading
Researchers examine the old adage that birth order plays a significant role in shaping who we are | Continue reading
Honest, involuntary laughter cued people to themselves laugh more at some really bad jokes than they did when hearing forced laughter. | Continue reading
A new study suggests the last field reversal 773,000 years ago took 22,000 years to occur, which could explain some of the inner workings of our planet’s core | Continue reading
Disabled people and minority communities are disproportionately affected and have the fewest resources to recover from disasters | Continue reading
Is a malfunctioning metabolism really why you can’t lose weight and keep it off? | Continue reading
Astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor discusses her experience in microgravity and doing biological experiments in space | Continue reading
Electrical stimulation has promised huge gains for people with paralysis. Now comes the hard part—getting beyond those first steps | Continue reading
Ricardo Galvão discusses his dismissal after Amazon deforestation data rankled President Bolsonaro | Continue reading
Some stars moving fast enough to escape the galaxy likely come from a never before seen class of intermediate-mass black holes | Continue reading
After a record-breaking heat wave in Europe and the Arctic, last month edged out July 2016 | Continue reading
How social media can rebuild our empathy—and why it must | Continue reading
This pricey designer milk comes with some big claims. Let’s explore the science behind the hype | Continue reading
The theory, which emerged in the 1970s as a way to unify the fundamental forces of nature, has profoundly shaped the landscape of particle physics | Continue reading
Anaesthetist John Carlisle has spotted problems in hundreds of research papers—and spurred a leading medical journal to change its practice | Continue reading
The proof-of-concept demonstrations herald a major step forward in quantum communications | Continue reading
By killing off many of New Zealand's endemic birds, humans destroyed 50 million years' worth of evolutionary history. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
New research contradicts conventional wisdom on fan use during heat waves | Continue reading
Technological advances mean the wind industry may only see a small slowdown when tax credits end | Continue reading
Killings of those protecting nature are highest in countries with corruption and weak rule of law | Continue reading
Performance anxiety makes us second-guess everything from how to shoot a free throw to what to say next in an interview | Continue reading
Astronomers could soon learn whether or not the nearest neighboring star system harbors habitable worlds | Continue reading
Everyday Einstein looks at two new studies that blame volcanoes and asteroids | Continue reading
Nearly half of bacteria gathered in public settings around the city were resistant to two or more commonly used antibiotics, like penicillin and erythromycin. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Amino acids enhance workout performance, promote recovery, and help build muscle. But do we need to buy supplements to keep on hand during workouts? | Continue reading
Tensions are rising as Jair Bolsonaro’s administration questions the work of government scientists and institutes debilitating cuts to research funding | Continue reading
Feast your eyes on the week’s best science GIFs | Continue reading
A major heat wave pushed melting into areas of the ice sheet that normally stay frozen year-round | Continue reading
If creatine is important for brain functioning and vegetarians have lower creatine levels, could a vegetarian or vegan diet have a negative impact on cognitive function? | Continue reading
Despite vaccination and treatment efforts, the epidemic in Central Africa has resulted in 1,700 deaths and counting | Continue reading
Improved data analysis could substantially increase the total known planets from NASA’s K2 mission, revealing fascinating new worlds and intriguing planetary patterns | Continue reading
Psychologists launch a clinical trial to gauge whether virtual reality can quell the fears of patients with the mental disorder | Continue reading
Mating is risky business for black widow males - so they hitchhike on the silk threads left by competitors to more quickly find a mate. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Hopefuls for the Presidential nomination argued over the scope of U.S. efforts to curb global warming | Continue reading
Actions that seem provocative may actually be beneficial | Continue reading
Top news from around the world | Continue reading
A new technique relies on measuring changes in tissue stiffness resulting from neural activity | Continue reading
Although mathematicians know they can never fully “solve” this centuries-old quandary, tackling smaller pieces of it has yielded some intriguing discoveries | Continue reading
Climate change is dramatically altering life at the top of the world | Continue reading
Conventional wisdom holds that the ability to assess a rival's fighting ability is universal in the animal kingdom. Recent research has shown otherwise | Continue reading
Not necessarily! | Continue reading
It sure comes in handy for doing physics | Continue reading
Illuminating electric lines with ultraviolet light—which birds can see—can substantially reduce crashes | Continue reading
Major technological shifts are fewer and farther between than they once were | Continue reading
A never before seen collection of structures in the birds’ retinas may help them track speedy prey | Continue reading
A surprising study overturns a common assumption | Continue reading
The composition of ground rock in a area influences the likelihood of electrical blackouts from solar storms | Continue reading