Culture & Society The pagan origin and history of the Christmas tree December 9, 2022 - Updated on December 11, 2023
Health Wristbands show firefighters are exposed to a lot of cancer-causing chemicals — even when they’re not at a fire scene December 8, 2022
News This laser link has achieved the fastest data transfer from space to date. It’s 1,000 times faster than before December 8, 2022
Biology This AI can tell if you’ll have a heart attack in the next 10 years December 7, 2022 - Updated on December 8, 2022
Biology Crabs have evolved five separate times – here’s why this is no accident of nature December 7, 2022
Geology Urbanization of hillsides makes landslides more likely — and tropical areas are most at risk December 6, 2022
Archaeology Legendary Parthenon Marbles could be returned by British Museum after more than 200 years December 6, 2022 - Updated on December 7, 2022
Geology Mars may actually have an active mantle plume deep beneath its surface December 6, 2022 - Updated on January 20, 2023
Geology Yellowstone has more magma than we thought — but doesn’t necessarily mean trouble December 6, 2022
Astronomy James Webb Telescope spots a rare sight on an extraterrestrial body: clouds December 5, 2022
Anthropology Neanderthals were the first to artificially transform the world, turning a forest into grassland nearly 125,000 years ago December 5, 2022
Health Some traffic safety messages may actually backfire causing more road accidents December 5, 2022 - Updated on February 5, 2024
Archaeology Gold treasures from the ancient, legendary cities of Troy, Poliochni, and Ur come from the same source December 3, 2022
News Brain implants could allow soldiers to fire weapons with their thoughts and turn off fear — but what about the ethics of all this? December 2, 2022
News Power lines over Lake Pontchartrain elegantly demonstrate the curvature of Earth December 2, 2022
Science People are increasingly living longer. But does that mean they should work longer in life too? December 2, 2022
News This fossil just overturned a key assumption that scientists had about origin of modern birds December 1, 2022 - Updated on August 24, 2023
Environment Air pollution causes almost half of all stillbirths — over 1 million a year December 1, 2022
Future Whether it’s text writing or generating images, artificial intelligence is getting a lot better — and fast December 1, 2022
Environment Microfibers, the new floating home of bacteria in the Mediterranean Sea November 30, 2022
Anthropology The pandemic wrecked the social lives of school kids in the world’s poor countries November 30, 2022
Future San Francisco police will be allowed to use killer robots (when all else fails) November 30, 2022
Science Men can reduce bowel cancer risk by eating a plant-based diet November 29, 2022 - Updated on July 12, 2023
Astronomy Researchers find two never-before-seen minerals in a massive meteorite that crashed in Africa November 29, 2022
News Hip-hop hit song named after suicide hotline linked to fewer suicides in the US November 29, 2022
Biology Children born during the Great Depression aged faster November 29, 2022 - Updated on July 19, 2023
News Protests continue offline and online in China, as authorities try to squash and erase any trace of disobedience November 29, 2022
