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The passing of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked a long-needed discussion about the role of the monarchy and the legacy…
These withered corn stalks are in a bone-dry field in Nebraska, which like much of the US Midwest has gone…
Dementia encompasses a range of neurodegenerative conditions that lead to memory loss and cognitive deficiencies and affect some 55 million…
Scientists researching forest carnivores such as martens, foxes and coyotes spend hours clambering through rugged terrain, sometimes in deep snow,…
A partial solar eclipse in Iraq in 2019. Tuesday’s eclipse is not expected to darken the sky. A partial solar…
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain An international group of researchers from Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Chalmers University of Technology…
By Jason Arunn Murugesu In severe cases, covid-19 may cause certain neurological and psychiatric conditions for up to two years…
The memory system alternates between periods of learning and remembering. These two functions are controlled by different neural circuits. Using…
In this file photo from March 6, 2019, a woman checks Albert Einstein manuscripts at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.…
[]The best multivitamin for women may be a useful addition to your daily routine if you know there are areas…
Businesses in the tourist area of Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco state, Mexico, boarded up shopfronts in preparation for Hurricane Roslyn’s…
A peace agreement in Colombia meant researchers could return to the site where a sauropod fossil was dug up in…
[]The question ‘does exercise help arthritis?’ is one you may have found yourself pondering if you or someone you love…
Snow crabs in the Bering Sea once numbered in the billions. But after a recent and massive population crash the…
Female mosquitoes that had their human-scent receptors blocked could still smell people. The finding suggests the insects have a more…
Earlier this year, Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, announced that people could create posts calling for violence…
Lymph node (LN) metastasis is a sign that things are going from bad to worse in cancer patients, and prompt…
The population of polecats in Britain has recovered over the past century and may be aided by interbreeding with feral…
Various chemical reactions occur one after another in cells, and life is maintained as each step of the reaction is…
In 2019, Google showed that its Sycamore quantum computer could solve a problem that no ordinary computer could handle -…
Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series! Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update…
Terrell Carter remembers one prisoner in particular. They had both been seeking commutations of their life sentence so they could…
Researchers have succeeded in making photosynthesis more efficient in soybean plants, in a major breakthrough that will mean less forest…
Some researchers have seen an unusual effect where microscopic water drops turn into hydrogen peroxide after hitting a surface. A…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, which is manipulated by non-coding regulatory DNA…
Researchers around the world are working to develop efficient materials to convert CO2 into usable chemical substances — work that…
Irrigating more land could help feed 1.4 billion people, but over half of new irrigation projects are in places that…
Cercarial dermatitis, also known as swimmer’s itch or clam-digger’s itch, is caused by the larvae of blood flukes that are…
Rhododendron meadows cover China’s Hengduan mountains. Credit: Qin Li A big part of evolution is competition— when there are limited…