Research, Space & Discovery
"I'm looking for a book where …" has become a defining phrase of BookTok, TikTok's massive community of readers and book influencers.
Ross Pomeroy, RealClearScienceAmongst Americans, there's a common view that river monsters live elsewhere - in deep, wide rivers zig-zagging across foreign, untamed lands. Think vast...
Many centuries before the advent of agriculture in Norway, ancient people transported fish into mountain lakes to create a source of food, then built wooden traps to catch them
Blood transfusions are crucial in human and veterinary medicine, yet human blood reserves are in constant need of donors, while blood bank systems in veterinary care are nearly nonexistent. This leave...
Beth Mole, Ars TechnicaOn Wednesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the startling
To track the impacts of environmental change and enable conservation efforts, we must first understand the composition of our ecosystems. A new online resource provides a comprehensive overview of har...
Jillian Ambrose, GuardianIn the deserts of the United Arab Emirates a sprawling
Monique Kuglitsch et al., MIT RevEvery morning, airline dispatchers, grid operators, and farmers around the world make decisions based on the same thing: a weather forecast.While...
Charles Q. Choi, IEEE SpectProbabilistic computersmight one...
Josh Bloom & David Shlaes, ACSHUnlike bacteria, fungi are remarkably difficult to attack without also harming human cells. That biological reality has left medicine with surprisingly few...
Editorial Board, Wall St JournalPublic confidence in scientific institutions has declined as they've become more political. A textbook case is the National Academies of Sciences,...
Michelle Starr, Science AlertScientists have just discovered the Milky Way's equivalent of a giant fake mustache.For four decades, astronomers have puzzled over a giant loop...
John Horgan, Cross-CheckIn December 1985, I visited the Nevada Test Site the day before scientists detonated a nuclear device in a tunnel bored into the side...
Kristi Curry Rogers, The ConversationOn July 14, 2026, "Gus," one of the most complete specimens ofTyrannosaurus rex, went to an as yet
Eric W. Dolan, PsyPostA popular cultural stereotype suggests that high intelligence often comes with a heavy emotional burden. People tend to imagine the brooding, tortured genius who...
Patrice Peck, New York PostWhat doesn't kill you just might make you age better.A geriatrician has revealed the one lifelong habit she says her older patients seem to share — and...
Queen Mary-U of LondonA new study by Queen Mary University of London mathematician Professor Ginestra Bianconi proposes a new perspective on one of the deepest...
Tohoku UniversityPainstakingly woven from the cocoons of silkworms, silk has been valued for over 4,000 years as a luxury material. More than just beautiful, silk is also lightweight,...
Universitat BonnErosion, salinization and shrinking numbers of organisms such as worms and beneficial fungi can have a devastating effect on soil fertility, and so many parts of the world...
Univ. of Southern California"Turn off that TV, it'll rot your brain!" has been a household refrain for decades. While "rot" might be too strong a term, researchers are finding that the...