Recent disasters show how climate change is making winter storms, flooding rains and summer heat waves more extreme | Continue reading
Virtual assistants are getting smarter. Let's think about how that will play out | Continue reading
A new book that can make you love calculus | Continue reading
The data are spotty, but there’s still a reasonable case to be made | Continue reading
Where do protons and neutrons get their mass and spin? Surprisingly, we don't know. A new facility promises to peek inside these particles to find answers | Continue reading
Agency officials press sometimes confused stakeholders for more data. Is it possible to define a “more effective CBD cosmetic?” | Continue reading
The materials used in iPhones and Tesla cars need not become a long-term casualty of a U.S.-China trade war | Continue reading
A novel mechanism has been discovered in the bucktoothed rodents’ ability to withstand hurt | Continue reading
New rules would reduce the tallied benefits of regulations compared to costs | Continue reading
Our galaxy is far bigger, brighter and more massive than most others | Continue reading
Experts show how 22 recent hurricanes would be different if they formed near the end of this century | Continue reading
A new study finds observational evidence that one of the first stars exploded in an asymmetrical blast that spread heavy elements into the cosmos | Continue reading
Rising ocean temperatures and melting ice are disrupting the birds’ food sources | Continue reading
The health promises of boosting an important metabolic molecule may be clouded by its possible role in promoting cancer-cell growth | Continue reading
Some wild female bonobos introduce their sons to desirable females—then make sure their relations won’t be interrupted by competing males. Karen Hopkin reports. | Continue reading
Hundreds of previously overlooked Earth-sized planets may await discovery in archives from NASA’s Kepler mission | Continue reading
Everyday Einstein explores the far reaches of our universe (and beyond) | Continue reading
A lesson from parakeet romance on how to get a date | Continue reading
Greenhouse gas contributions from air travel are expected to rapidly increase in the near future | Continue reading
A new study in mice reveals why consuming a beverage is usually pleasurable but is not always enough to quench thirst | Continue reading
A major U.N.-backed report says that nature on indigenous peoples’ lands is degrading less quickly than in other areas | Continue reading
Preterm babies who listened to music in the neonatal intensive care unit had brain activity that more closely resembled that of full-term babies. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
The intermittent nature of solar and wind energy mean companies may be underestimating emissions | Continue reading
A device that converts the heart’s mechanical energy into electrical energy has been successfully tested in pigs | Continue reading
A new imaging technique helps to distinguish different millipede species | Continue reading
If you’re pregnant, you may wonder how much exercise is optimal during pregnancy. Luckily, there are some new guidelines for expectant mothers | Continue reading
Rising pollution in Asia is contributing to weaker monsoons, the opposite of what is expected with climate change | Continue reading
The FDA is stepping up its oversight of the $50 billion nutritional supplement industry | Continue reading
Proposed legislation focuses mostly on threats to honeybees and their wild cousins | Continue reading
Differences between matter and antimatter could help explain why the cosmos mostly lacks the latter today, researchers say | Continue reading
A new study suggests women's performance on math and verbal tasks increases as room temperature rises, up to about the mid 70s F. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Cornell University applied mathematics professor Steven Strogatz talks about his new book Infinite Powers: How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe. | Continue reading
Fish that are so small and shy that they escape attention may be the foundation of reefs’ outsize productivity | Continue reading
Chinese firms violated international law by using a banned, potent greenhouse gas in insulation manufacturing | Continue reading
Understanding why living on the street seems to cause rapid aging could help homeless people—and governments | Continue reading
Differences between matter and antimatter could help explain why the cosmos mostly lacks the latter today, researchers say | Continue reading
A study found that only a small percentage of bird beak shape variation is dependent on diet, with other factors, like display and nest construction, probably playing parts too. | Continue reading
The atomic age would mark the start of the current geologic time unit, if proposal receives final approval | Continue reading
Some residents are concerned about environmental impacts from proposed transmission lines | Continue reading
Artists, novelists, actors and directors excel at tapping into “imagination” circuits | Continue reading
A new book shows off spectacular works of art inspired by mathematical principles | Continue reading
Layers of ice-like gas hydrates may insulate frigid ocean worlds across the cosmos | Continue reading
Converting methane into a less potent greenhouse gas would need to be done along with overall emissions reductions | Continue reading
For every table—turn, turn, turn... there is a proof | Continue reading
Get out and volunteer, research suggests | Continue reading
Experts argue that more than 85 percent of the solar system should be left untouched so that we can sustainably move off-world | Continue reading
Cannabidiol reduces levels of stress hormone and blunts urge to use opioids | Continue reading
Chewing gums found in western Sweden contain the oldest human DNA found in Scandinavia. Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading