Science

Mountain lions pushed out by wildfires take more risks

A study tracking mountain lions showed that after an intense burn, the big cats ...

Meet the BOAT, the brightest gamma-ray burst of all time

Probably triggered by a supernova in a remote galaxy, the burst detected on Octo...

A new treatment for debilitating nightmares offers swee...

A new study combines standard nightmare disorder therapy with a memory-enhancing...

Mixing gold ions into whiskey can reveal its flavor

By changing the spirit’s color, the formation of gold nanoparticles can reveal h...

Why fuzzy definitions are a problem in the social sciences

Social sciences research is plagued by murky definitions and measurements. Here’...

Particles from space provide a new look inside cyclones

Cosmic rays that smash into the atmosphere make muons that are sensitive to chan...

Here’s what happened to the Delaware-sized iceberg that...

The powerful pull of currents in the Southern Ocean probably pulled apart the la...

Landslides shaped a hidden landscape within Yellowstone

Scientists have used lasers to get a detailed view of the national park’s topogr...

Need a fall read? ‘The Song of the Cell’ offers tales f...

Siddhartha Mukherjee’s new book, The Song of the Cell, explores the world of cel...

What is long COVID and who’s at risk? This NIH project ...

Scientists with the National Institutes of Health’s RECOVER project are working ...

Protons may be stretchier than physics predicts

Studying how quarks inside protons move in response to electric fields shows tha...

Most stars may have much more time to form planets than...

Planet-making disks may survive around most young stars for 5 million to 10 mill...

A study questioning colonoscopy screening’s benefits ha...

The study included a lot of people who were invited to get the procedure but did...

How fungi make potent toxins that can contaminate food

Genetically engineering Aspergillus fungi to delete certain proteins stops the p...

Heat waves in U.S. rivers are on the rise. Here’s why t...

In recent years, heat waves in U.S. rivers have gotten more frequent, causing tr...

Black Death immunity came at a cost to modern-day health

A genetic variant that boosts Crohn’s disease risk may have helped people surviv...

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