When conditions are just right in some parts of the Indian Ocean, a type of bacteria will multiply and start to glow. Satellites…
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A COVID-19 vaccine does not cause infertility – but it can protect you from the dangerous complications of contracting…
Air-ventilation upgrades have been badly needed in U.S. classroooms since long before the pandemic. Low-tech filtration…
An unknown number of people have lost their dreams of parenthood because of storage disasters at fertility clinics. These…
An autonomous vehicle expert explains how Tesla’s Autopilot works, what prompted US authorities to investigate the system…
Vocal imitation is a key part of how humans learn to speak. New research shows that bats babble to learn and use baby talk…
Not all forests respond to hotter and drier conditions in the same way.
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Disputes are normal in romantic partnerships, but learning to see them from an outsider’s perspective, rather than your…
A new study puts numbers to the health and environmental benefits – or impacts – of individual foods and shows how small…
Fish fins are extremely flexible yet also strong. A special segmented fin design is the key to this useful combination of…
What might sound like small changes – temperatures another tenth of a degree warmer, sea level a few centimeters higher…
Common sense is a broad and diverse set of abilities that help define what it means to be human. AI researchers are struggling…
Scientists are looking for safe new ways to prevent ice from damaging food in frozen storage, which costs consumers billions…
The Rev. Sereno Edwards Bishop mobilized ship captains to track the extraordinary sunsets appearing around the world after…
Portions of the internet disappear every day. Preservation of this historical record requires a proactive approach by archivists…
Firefighters are hailed as heroes and pillars of strength, bravery and courage. But the daily stressors and traumas of their…
How you respond to a risk depends on how you weigh the costs and benefits of an action. The problem is you’re not just…