Deep in Antarctica’s frigid interior, fluffy, air-filled snow accumulates layer by layer, compacting into slabs of ice over millennia. Paleoclimatologists…
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Researchers have cracked the code used to write a collection of “lost” letters once owned by Mary, Queen of Scots.Penned…
In a study publishing in the journal Cell Stem Cell on February 2, researchers show that brain organoids — clumps…
Greenpeace called for action to finalize a high-seas treaty at the United Nations in August, projecting ‘Every Human Depends on…
According to the International Potato Center, based in Peru, there are more than 4,000 varieties of edible potato, most of…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The share of e-commerce retail sales in the United States has grown steadily over the last…
Predicted probabilities of a gray wolf pack (a) persisting and (b) reproducing in five US national parks and preserves based…
“Exascale” sounds like a science-fiction term, but it has a simple and very nonfictional definition: while a human brain can…
Impressionist artists like Claude Monet and Joseph Mallord William (J. M. W.) Turner are famous for their hazy, dreamlike paintings.…
The chromosome may contain regions that promote their DNA’s spread by killing sperm that carry Y chromosomes. However, Y chromosomes…
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have for the first time directly measured the mass of a single, isolated white…
The World Health Organization has changed its stance on “kangaroo care” for premature or small newborns who are clinically unstable,…
Several years ago, I was at a pre-season football practice at a high school where I was working with the…
Changes in behavior and affect states over time. Duration of time is measured as the ratio of observed behavior to…
Regression models of children’s time with parents and alone—average effect. Source Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. K Cohort, waves 1–6…
Conversing with a friend just once during the day to catch up, joke around or tell them you’re thinking of…
Example Data Gap Area in Marin County. Credit: SHALLOW GROUNDWATER RESPONSE TO SEA-LEVEL RISE: Alameda, Marin, San Francisco, and San…
Concrete is everywhere: in buildings, roads, sidewalks, bridges and foundations for almost every structure imaginable. We make more concrete than…
The European Space Agency has chosen an astronaut with a physical disability for the first time, as one of six…
Labelled pots found in a 2,500-year-old embalming workshop have revealed the plant and animal extracts used to prepare ancient Egyptian…
We’ve long known there was an ancient language that gave rise to English, Bengali and dozens of other tongues –…
Childbirth is a vulnerable experience, both emotionally and physically. Giving birth, whether vaginally or through a cesarean section, creates opportunities…
Steven Strauss was skeptical when he first heard about a poplar tree bioengineered to suck more carbon dioxide out of…
Supermassive black holes that beam powerful jets of matter towards Earth, known as blazars, accelerate particles to extraordinarily high energies…
In the fictional world of The Last of Us, a fungus has destroyed the world. The new hit TV show…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Twitter was blocked…
Many people enjoy a glass of wine with dinner or a nightcap before bedtime, but how does alcohol affect sleep?Alcohol…
To read the news, the sanctity of everything from college application essays to graduate school tests to medical licensing exams…
Archaeologists in Italy are uncovering a 1,600-year-old burial ground containing the remains of infants, children and sacrificed puppies. Some of the…
An open-source intelligence project is using GPS satellites to track intercontinental ballistic missiles, such as the one tested by North…