Studies of consciousness often run into a common conundrum of science — it’s hard to measure a system without the…
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The Adidas Ultraboost Light is a step in the right direction for the Ultraboost line, reducing the weight considerably compared…
Flooding caused by Cyclone Gabrielle in Awatoto, near the city of Napier. – New ZealandSTR/AFP/Getty Images A COUPLE of weeks…
Students in sex ed class. Credit: Dfusion inc. Can a school-based sexual health education program that effectively reduces the risk…
MOST people assume that if you create a child, it is your child. But the links between creation, commission and…
A new study from UCLA researchers finds sex-specific brain signals that appear to confirm that different drivers lead men and…
A chemical analyst and expert in micro-extraction at The University of Toledo created a more reliable, robust and efficient way…
Representative differential interference contrast (DIC) image micrographs of the CRISPR-tagged histones under study. The dashed lines outline the gonads. Credit:…
CLIMATEWIRE | Sea levels have surged along the coastlines of the southeastern United States, new research finds — hitting some of…
The new episodes of the award-winning TV show Prehistoric Planet will be available on Apple TV+ starting on May 22,…
Thirty years ago, Blue Mountain Clinic Director Willa Craig stood in front of the sagging roof and broken windows of…
A new machine learning model that estimates optimal treatment timing for sepsis could pave the way for support tools that…
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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…