Mathematician Gauss left behind a trophy case of mathematical achievements to highlight on his tombstone, but above all he wanted a regular heptadecagon etched on it | Continue reading
Using the Comstock Act to nationally ban abortion would defy modern public opinion and the law’s historical interpretation, experts say | Continue reading
The security expert who created Have I Been Pwned? shares advice for protecting sensitive data | Continue reading
The Europa Clipper spacecraft is only weeks away from lifting off on an epic voyage to one of the solar system’s most enigmatic and enticing moons | Continue reading
Donald Trump all but ignored climate change at Tuesday’s presidential debate while Kamala Harris voiced support of both fossil fuels and increased clean energy spending | Continue reading
Experts explain the differences between popular retinol products and the way they trigger molecular changes deep in the skin | Continue reading
A looming and poorly regulated PFAS threat comes from these chemicals’ common use in pesticides on farms nationwide | Continue reading
Astronauts may have the guts for space travel—but not the kidneys | Continue reading
Forensic scientists are still working to identify victims of the 9/11 attacks using advancements in technology and techniques developed over the past two decades. | Continue reading
After decades of work, physicists have finally broken into the atom to build the first nuclear clock | Continue reading
Polaris Dawn’s astronauts will travel farther from Earth than anyone since the early 1970s, and will attempt the world's first private spacewalk | Continue reading
So far, enthusiasm for the Harris campaign has vindicated Democratic Party elites’ decision to push Joe Biden out of the race. Was this just a lucky guess based on political vibes? Or were there actual data supporting the decision? | Continue reading
Nicotine analogs allow e-cigarette makers to avoid traditional tobacco product regulations. But data on their safety in humans are lacking | Continue reading
Tropical Storm Francine formed on Monday, ending a lull in the Atlantic hurricane season. It is expected to hit Louisiana as a hurricane | Continue reading
Because wildfires create their own wind patterns, they can also spawn their own weather. Here’s how it works | Continue reading
A man who received a partial face and eye transplant after a serious accident does not have any vision in the transplanted eye, but the eye itself is still alive | Continue reading
The spin of a particle seems to detach and move without a body—a strange experimental observation that’s stirring up debate | Continue reading
Defending the U.S. is much more complicated in an era of climate change | Continue reading
This week’s news roundup: Jellyfish clones are multiplying in British Columbia’s lakes, measles cases are on the rise in Oregon, and a new study finds cell phones aren’t linked to brain cancer. | Continue reading
By vastly understating the number of heat-related deaths, medical officials make it harder to improve heat safety and save lives | Continue reading
Starliner’s first crewed test flight has concluded with a successful touchdown—and two astronauts still in orbit awaiting a different ride home | Continue reading
Social scientists are uncovering the intricate group dynamics of gossip | Continue reading
Meteorologists predicted a busy Atlantic hurricane season—and a recent lull in activity doesn’t negate that | Continue reading
Wispy whorls on the moon’s surface are as lovely as they are strange. Scientists are starting to unravel their origins | Continue reading
Caring for aging loved ones brings its own set of emotional and physical hurdles. Experts offer guidance on finding support. | Continue reading
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick speaks with Science Quickly host Rachel Feltman about how he captures jaw-dropping images from space | Continue reading
New research harnessed the highly absorbent dye tartrazine, used as the common food coloring Yellow No. 5, to turn tissues in living mice clear—temporarily revealing organs and vessels inside the animals | Continue reading
Training in symbolic logic is critical in many careers, for responsible citizenship and better lives. It is also an underexploited antidote to today’s bizarre conspiracy thinking | Continue reading
As a result of phone bans, millions of students will stuff their phones into fabric pouches this fall | Continue reading
Summer has been brutally hot in the Southwest, toppling records set just last year, and the heat isn’t over yet | Continue reading
A small study of transgender men taking testosterone revealed changes in immune pathways involved in responding to viruses and inflammation | Continue reading
Dark matter may be lighter in mass than once hoped | Continue reading
A famous prediction that microchips improve exponentially over time can be applicable in unrelated developments, such as the technology used to discover colliding black holes | Continue reading
Not all cats are hydrophobic | Continue reading
Reductions to American research at the South Pole could affect the politics of the southernmost continent | Continue reading
Understanding how racism affects aging and the timing of menopause could lead to better screening and preventive care. | Continue reading
One person’s reality is purely theirs and often unique | Continue reading
The Federal Trade Commission is studying how companies use consumer data to charge different prices for the same product | Continue reading
Clean indoor air protects against diseases such as COVID and flu, but we’re not doing enough to ensure it | Continue reading
The octopus sex chromosome appears to have been maintained over hundreds of millions of years, making it the most ancient of such chromosomes in animals | Continue reading
Scientists propose that large chunks of gold could form from earthquakes’ pressure | Continue reading
The “Raygun” Olympics fiasco points to how hip-hop scholarship is at risk of being colonized and undermined in academia | Continue reading
AI and tiny worms team up to get to treats | Continue reading
Shared experiences, more than material things, bring people together | Continue reading
Even Earth’s mightiest telescopes aren’t up to the task of imaging Apollo lunar landing sites. A lack of resolution is the biggest reason why | Continue reading
Personal stories and research reveal the challenges of family caregiving. | Continue reading
Infectious disease specialists explain whether vaccines will curb the mpox outbreak that was recently declared a global health emergency | Continue reading
From glacial ice cores extracted from the Tibetan Plateau, scientists recovered the equivalent of 1,705 viral species. Reading their genomes tells the story of 41,000 years of climate change | Continue reading