A study of 27,500 patients in the U.K.’s health system suggests that getting people into mental health treatment faster is a huge boon of online therapy | Continue reading
Olive trees in Spain and neighboring countries have little fruit, which itself could wither away | Continue reading
Physicists Ruth Howes and Caroline Herzenberg’s ten-year research project ensured a place in history for the female scientists, engineers and technicians who worked on the atomic bomb | Continue reading
The long-awaited discovery of oxygen 28 might prompt physicists to revamp theories of how atomic nuclei are structured | Continue reading
August gets not only a second full moon but a rare super blue moon | Continue reading
Ten medications, costing tens of billions of dollars, will be the first to be subject to Medicare price negotiations | Continue reading
Floodwaters from hurricanes, sea-level rise, a burst dam or other causes can contain a nasty mix of pathogens, chemicals and debris | Continue reading
A checklist derived from six neuroscience-based theories of consciousness could help assess whether an artificial intelligence system achieves this state | Continue reading
Xenotransplants could help to solve the organ transplant crisis—if researchers can get the science right | Continue reading
Understanding the ancient past is critical to responding to challenges we face in the future | Continue reading
After avian influenza killed 21 endangered California Condors, government officials are testing a vaccine that could protect the massive scavengers from infection | Continue reading
Abundant warm ocean waters are set to cause Hurricane Idalia to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane before striking the Gulf Coast of Florida and bringing significant impacts | Continue reading
People want swift punishment and will even penalize perpetrators for delays outside their control | Continue reading
Scientists debate what the future of the cosmos looks like and whether space will ever stop getting bigger and bigger | Continue reading
Scientists debate what the future of the cosmos looks like and whether space will ever stop getting bigger and bigger | Continue reading
Standard AC units cool buildings but contribute to global warming. New technology aims to change that | Continue reading
An expedition has discovered a remote Fijian cave with thousands of microbats thought to be nearly extinct | Continue reading
An expedition has discovered a remote Fijian cave with thousands of microbats thought to be nearly extinct | Continue reading
Along with an expert, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. | Continue reading
Along with an expert, we take you into some of nature's most monstrous storms. | Continue reading
Light is a very dangerous, if not so obvious, threat to birds who migrate at night. But researchers are using weather radar to track birds and provide “lights out” forecasts to help keep their paths clear of visual distraction. | Continue reading
Data show that mass-shooting deaths behave as a “species” different from other gun deaths | Continue reading
Companies are recruiting black soldier flies and mealworms as a protein source in animal feed, fertilizer, biofuels and even as ingredients for burgers and shakes | Continue reading
After years spent languishing in obscurity, proposals for a muon collider are regaining momentum among particle physicists | Continue reading
AI can generate clear, concise text—but people still need to learn how to write | Continue reading
Social media companies’ drive to keep you on their platforms clashes with how people evolved to learn from each other | Continue reading
Identifying wildfire victims through DNA is difficult, but archaeological methods can help | Continue reading
There is a long U.S. legacy of plutocrat-funded pseudoscience. Congress just embraced it | Continue reading
Science is turning to machines to unlock the secrets of the vast, mysterious pulse-of-the-planet phenomenon that is nocturnal migration. | Continue reading
Even supposed “climate havens” in the U.S. face a riskier future, and infrastructure often isn’t built to handle climate change. But there are steps cities can take to prepare | Continue reading
From dim red to brilliant blue, stellar colors span the spectrum—and reveal how much any star brings the heat | Continue reading
From dim red to brilliant blue, stellar colors span the spectrum—and reveal how much any star brings the heat | Continue reading
Two studies report considerable improvements in technologies designed to help people with facial paralysis to communicate | Continue reading
The Human Brain Project wraps up in September after a decade. It had notable achievements and a troubled past | Continue reading
After atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear physicist Katharine Way persuaded the world’s greatest physicists to contribute essays to a book opposing nuclear weapons | Continue reading
Though Republican presidential candidates aimed to set themselves apart from Donald Trump at Wednesday’s debate, none are seizing on climate policy or support for renewable energy manufacturing and jobs as a way to stand out | Continue reading
Record-low sea ice caused Emperor Penguin chicks to die across Antarctica last year. This year could be just as bad | Continue reading
As climate change increases the number and severity of natural disasters, an investment in updated building codes will save billions in repairs | Continue reading
By treating Earth as a topological insulator—a state of quantum matter—physicists found a powerful explanation for the twisting movements of the planet’s air and seas | Continue reading
Language model AIs seem smart because of how they string words together, but in reality, they can’t do anything without many people guiding them every step of the way | Continue reading
Many young adults, facing the largest student loan burden in history, report depression, anxiety and an overhanging sense of dread | Continue reading
Many young adults, facing the largest student loan burden in history, report depression, anxiety and an overhanging sense of dread | Continue reading
Fears of “social contagion,” used to support anti-transgender legislation, are not supported by science | Continue reading
Debate rages over which languages can claim to have the earliest origin | Continue reading
An analysis of previous trials suggests blue-light-filtering lenses may not reduce eyestrain or sleep problems | Continue reading
August and September will bring tens of millions of public school students back to class. Many face health risks from rising temperatures | Continue reading
Thousands of usually solitary octopuses gather to brood eggs in a special spot off California | Continue reading
When trees get too hot, energy production in their leaves breaks down | Continue reading