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Credit: CC0 Public Domain Human activities emit many kinds of pollutants into the air, and without hydroxyl radicals (OH), many…
New and hotly debated genetic evidence from a curious doglike animal is adding some crucial pieces in the puzzle of…
An artist’s impression of XY chromosomesTHIERRY BERROD, MONA LISA PRODUCTION/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Seven mice have been born using a process…
A new approach to carbon capture can take CO2 out of the air and store it in the ocean as…
Sometimes science advances at a snail’s pace, but in this case that’s a good thing: researchers have created a squishy…
A defunct, 660-pound (300 kilograms) NASA satellite is set to tumble uncontrollably back to Earth after spending two decades studying…
The future of medication abortion, which accounts for more than half of abortions in the U.S., is in limbo after…
Giulia Galli, Marco Govoni and fellow researchers have explored the possibility of predicting the electronic structure of complex materials using…
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs did not trigger a long-lasting impact winter, scientists have found — a discovery…
Adjusting the distance between nanoparticles creates different coloursPablo Cencillo-Abad, Daniel Fran A nanotechnology paint inspired by a butterfly’s wing is…
Of the many different kinds of stars, asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars, usually slightly larger and older than our own…
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people who experienced intimate partner violence in their current relationship…
Aerial view of a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest in Brazl’s state of Roraima. Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest…
A handful of plastic washed ashore at Kamilo Beach, HawaiiThe 5 Gyres Institute, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Concentrations of microplastics in…
Editor’s Note (4/12/23): On Tuesday New York City mayor Eric Adams announced that the New York City Police Department (NYPD)…
A worker, at left, tends to a customer at a cosmetics shop on Thursday, May 20, 2021, in Los Angeles.A…
The bridge leading from Fort Myers to Pine Island, Fla., is seen heavily damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian…
Saedís, an orca, with a long-finned pilot whale calf at her sideorcaguardians.org A long-finned pilot whale calf has been documented…
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed a landmark set of pollution regulations that could spark an electric-vehicle revolution…
An AI can generate more natural-sounding synthetic speech by including pausesShutterstock/PrinceOfLove Generating speech with different rhythms and pauses makes it…
Scientists recently boosted the resolution of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to 64 million times higher than normal. They used the…
Understanding why certain materials work better than others when it comes to energy storage is a crucial step for developing…
Top rated Samsung Galaxy Buds Live wireless headphones allow you to listen to artists or podcasts no matter what you’re…
Heart disease is one of the commonest causes of deathSEBASTIAN KAULITZKI/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Doctors are in the middle of…
In a cosmological matchup of “Are they or aren’t they?” the contest is firmly in the former’s favor—10 to one,…
The period of total coverage during the solar eclipse is seen near Hopkinsville, Ky. Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. The location,…
A weird cosmic explosion that stunned scientists in 2018 just got even stranger. A new analysis of the polarized light…
A person walks around fallen tree branches and power lines in Monkland Village after freezing rain hit Quebec and Ontario…
Think about how frustrating it is to try to fit a gift into a box that is too small. Sometimes…