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We need to pay more attention to what we eat -- and we definitely need stricter pollution regulations.
Visiting urban green spaces such as parks and community gardens could lower the use of drugs for insomnia, depression, high blood pressure and asthma.
Replacement body parts may be much closer to reality than we dare believe.
The material could dramatically lower the frequency with which such implants wear out and have to be replaced.
Humans are a tropical species. We have lived in warm climates for most of our evolutionary history, which might explain why so many of us spend winter huddled under a blanket, clutching a hot water bottle and dreaming of summer. Indeed all living apes are found in the tropics. The oldest known fossils from the […]
The car rental company is moving fast to a zero-carbon fleet.
They remained in sub-optimal microhabitats even when optimal ones were present
Up to 250,000 very young children could be vulnerable to measles in the U.S.
It's not perfect, but it's way more accurate than people give it credit for.
The vast majority of people use one hand or the other for most things – and for nearly 90% of the human population this is the right hand. Some 10% to 13% of humans are left-handed, with men being three times more likely to be left-handed than women, though very few people are ambidextrous. Until […]
Personalized approaches may be the future of diets.
Although hair loss isn't commonly associated with Lyme, it can happen and it can be very distressing.
Their projections were even better than those of some academic and governmental scientists -- which makes it all the worse.
The new research could explain the formation of both Earth and super-Earths elsewhere in the galaxy.
Scientists made significant progress in making ammonia production more environmentally friendly
A new investigation suggests that the great warrior-emperor succumbed to the plague.
Peptides are the building blocks of proteins and play a crucial role in various biological processes such as cell signaling, metabolism, and immune response.
The 13 fragments are around 15,700 years old, more than 2,000 years older than the previous record holders.
We do a lot of bad things to insects, and we shrug it off by thinking insects don't feel any pain. But that may not be true.
Almost all the ozone-depleting substances have been phased out
A massive shift to electric vehicles would be benefficial for most, but not all.
This is the story of the last in a breed of geological titans, a supercontinent we named Gondwana.
There was a secret ingredient that gave Roman concrete the ability to heal itself.
Researchers quantified emissions and uptake from degraded and deforested in Asia, finding more reasons to fight deforestation.
There is a bias against researchers from countries that don't publish as much science.
Frankly, there's never been more reason to ditch gas stoves.
From ice to ions, scientists have now made a breakthrough in heating and cooling technology.
Walking in a winter wonderland.
Moderate-to-vigorous activities such as gardening, house chores, or cycling count towards these 40 minutes.
Studying parasites is often overlooked, but they also play important roles in ecosystems.
You think food is already expensive? The worst may be yet to come -- soaring fertilizer price could leave millions in famine.
We're all adapting to living in cities, and animals are no exception.
Nineveh was one of the most remarkable urban centers in ancient Mesopotamia.
Wind turbines are getting bigger and more powerful every year.
This could be a turning point in insect management.
Sailing isn't a skill unique to Homo sapiens -- extinct hominids may have also done it.
The phenomenon allowed the scientists to peer inside atoms at high energies reliably, something that wasn't possible before.
The city is the number one emitter in America and the third largest in the world.
After countless hours of study, the furniture conservator found hunter-gathers used dots and dashes to record the reproductive cycles of animals.
Cigarette butts represent the world's most abundant form of litter. Spain wants to put an end to them.
Each dinosaur evolved very different way to tackle a plant-based diet.
It's time for a wiping paradigm shift: this thing expands into a jelly-like blob and can absorb liquids three times more
Shining blue light on eggs with male embryos will stop them from hatching in the first place.
You could make the same observation with readily available equipment.
The synthetic tissue could repair damaged tissue that is responsible for erectile dysfunction in millions of men worldwide.
Researchers found that bulky rocks can produce grand leaps out of water if their curvature is just right.
My colleagues in Europe are chilling in tshirts. In January.
Men, you need to do better.
Maladaptive daydreaming affects about 2.5% of people.
In the not-too-distant future, AI pipebots could be patrolling inside our water pipes. They will ensure no drop of clean water leaks out.
