Everyday Einstein explains what contaminates our water, how it gets there, and what we can do to test it | Continue reading
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A still-controversial test could be administered to toddlers to gauge their chances | Continue reading
The consenus gives confidence to satellite estimates of temperature rise in remote areas with few weather stations | Continue reading
Results may explain why collective action on climate change and health policy is so difficult | Continue reading
Female puberty is starting earlier and earlier, with worrying consequences for women’s health | Continue reading
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Fatty liver disease, linked to gene interactions with a high-sugar diet, can cause cancer and organ failure | Continue reading
At an event honoring Nobel and Kavli Prize winners, neuroscientists James Hudspeth and Robert Fettiplace talked about the physiology of hearing and the possibility of restoring hearing loss. | Continue reading
The restoration of some structures and cellular functions in pig brains hours after death could intensify debates about when human organs should be removed for transplantation, warn Stuart Youngner and Insoo Hyun | Continue reading
Cosmologist Lee Smolin says that at certain key points, the scientific worldview is based on fallacious reasoning | Continue reading
Researchers need guidance on animal use and the many issues opened up by a new study on whole-brain restoration, argue Nita A. Farahany, Henry T. Greely and Charles M. Giattino | Continue reading
An expert offers a scientific perspective on what has been lost and what can be restored | Continue reading
A switch from natural gas-powered home heating and cooling could be cheaper and reduce carbon emissions | Continue reading
A review concluded that the scientists did not take part in a Chinese researcher’s experiment to edit the genomes of twin human embryos | Continue reading
Showers of interstellar debris could speed up the assembly of worlds around young stars | Continue reading
Get-Fit Guy explains why core strength is crucial and provides a core workout that will keep you fit, healthy, and mobile | Continue reading
Researchers are narrowing down their measurements of how long the subatomic particle survives on its own | Continue reading
At an event honoring Nobel and Kavli Prize winners, economist Paul Romer talked about how the social system of science offers hope for humanity and for how we can live with each other. | Continue reading
Extreme rainfall projections inform plans to increase infrastructure resilience | Continue reading
A rigorous study has intriguing results | Continue reading
Two-thirds of all U.S. maternal deaths are considered preventable. Racism—not race—is a critical factor | Continue reading
Age-old taboos against menstruation have led to a lack of research on how women's cycles work, with serious consequences for their health | Continue reading
When the discussion of reproductive health is dominated by the political will to control it, gaps in medical research get overshadowed | Continue reading
What we don’t know, why we don’t know it, and where we go from here | Continue reading
The marine mollusks display behavior that resembles sleep, including cycles of rapid eye movement | Continue reading
The faster you are losing weight, the less fat you're likely to be losing | Continue reading
Atmospheric currents are transporting plastic pollution into remote, pristine areas, showing the global nature of the problem | Continue reading
It is the fourth state to pursue such a plan, with a couple others looking at following suit | Continue reading
Known for climate change work, the pioneer says global warming, AI and genetic engineering are self-inflicted threats to humanity | Continue reading
Flying electric cars would have lower emissions over long trips than standard electric vehicles | Continue reading
At extreme pressures, potassium atoms can be both liquid and solid at the same time, a phase of matter known as 'chain melt.' Christopher Intagliata reports. | Continue reading
Informally called “Proxima c,” the candidate world appears to be six times the mass of Earth, and orbits in the frigid outskirts of the Proxima Centauri system | Continue reading
Warm, dry winds can cause major melt as they sweep across the ice, even during frigid winter months | Continue reading
The anesthetic-cum-party drug restores the ability to make connections among brain cells | Continue reading
The science and art of password setting and cracking continues to evolve, as does the war between password users and abusers | Continue reading
Coyotes become fearless around people in just a few generations—which isn’t good for their longterm co-existence with humans in cities. Jason G. Goldman reports. | Continue reading
Sea level rise and ground subsidence will render the flood barriers inadequate in just four years | Continue reading
Private organization SpaceIL’s Beresheet lander crashes down on the moon following engine and communications problems | Continue reading
The second tiny ancestor found in the islands of southeast Asia, Homo luzonensis challenges prevailing views of early human dispersal and adaptability | Continue reading
NASA Study reports physiological and behavioral results that could shape future space missions | Continue reading
Trace Gas Orbiter spacecraft did not find the gas in red planet’s atmosphere during its first months of operation | Continue reading
Floods dump tons of pathogen-laden manure into U.S. waterways, often from hard-to-identify farms | Continue reading
NYU’s “Sounds of New York City” project listens to the city—and then, with the help of citizen scientists, teaches machines to decode the soundscape. Jim Daley reports. | Continue reading
Should you tell your best friend? Your date? Your impatient boss? This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen walks you through this tough decision | Continue reading
After more than a decade of effort, a global network of radio telescopes has revealed the first-ever picture of an enigmatic hole in spacetime | Continue reading
The Event Horizon Telescope captures one of the universe’s most mysterious objects | Continue reading
Discovery of odorous markers for neurodegenerative disease | Continue reading