A new study by University of Maryland Economist Louis Preonas provides empirical evidence that railroads are likely to cut transportation…
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Scientists have created an artificial intelligence (AI) program that can detect alien life in physical samples — though they aren’t…
Reading for Pleasure Helps Kids’ Brain DevelopmentThe simple and fun act of reading for pleasure in early childhood produces better…
An X-ray revealed that the blade had moved from the right to the left side of a man’s belly after…
What happens when we actually die — when our heart stops and all electrical activity “flatlines” in our brain?Humans have…
As search crews wrap up the hunt for people missing after fires swept the Hawaiian island of Maui, scientists are gearing…
Valuable chemicals are selectively produced from mixed plastic waste by an ORNL-developed plastic deconstruction process. Credit: Tomonori Saito, Md Arifuzzaman…
Earth may owe its supply of pink diamonds to the breakup of the planet’s first supercontinent.The Argyle formation in western…
The modern world is filled with synthetic polymers, long-chained molecules designed by scientists to fill all manner of applications. Researchers…
One of my favorite things about science is how a very simple question can lead you down a rabbit hole.…
SSRL’s X-ray facilities and transition edge sensor reveal information about the nanodiamond hidden below a silica coating. Irradiated electrons escape…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s image of Herbig-Haro 211ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, Tom Ray This newborn star is blasting out a…
A suspiciously high number of people guess the Wordle word on their first tryEmre Akkoyun/Shutterstock Thousands of people are probably…
Tangled microplastic fibres from clothing, seen with an electron microscope in false colourSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Microplastics may float higher…
Engineers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new device that can warn consumers about early risks of tooth…
SUBSCRIBE: Apple | Spotify Sophie Bushwick: Exciting new technology is on the rise, doing the same work that humans can but faster and…
A new report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) presents major findings on the gravity of…
The growing, sun-like protostar HH 211 shoots out a pair of luminous jets of gas and dust that form vibrant…
1973 Polywater’s Final Exit “The long-standing controversy over the existence of a superdense, polymeric form of water is apparently over.…
Music can take on many forms in cultures across the globe, but Yale researchers have found in a new study…
Comet Nishimura pictured above Zahradne in Slovakia shortly after sunset on Sept. 9, when the comet was most clearly visible.…
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is spending millions on research to use artificial intelligence (AI) in strategic…
A Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) in captivity, circa 1930. (Image credit: Popperfoto / Contributor via Getty Images)Scientists have…
Pied tamarin – photograph by Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University. Credit: Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University New research has found…
Many people who have long COVID—a condition in which health issues persist months after infection—report struggling with “brain fog,” recurring…
Growing pains and migraines might share a common underlying causeZdan Ivan/Shutterstock Children who have growing pains are more likely than…
The climate-driven advance of beavers into the Arctic tundra is causing the release of more methane — a greenhouse gas…
Sewage fungus on a wood stick collected in the downstream area of a river characterized by the presence of sewage…
Crohn’s disease is a condition in which parts of the digestive system become inflamedScience Photo Library / Alamy A group…
Credit: Aquatic Toxicology (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106590 A study conducted by researchers affiliated with the University of São Paulo (USP) in…