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The natural sciences divide nature into the disciplines of physics, chemistry, and biology. This is a pragmatic division that allows for the... Read More

On Tuesday, Jacob Tsimerman delivered a short lecture and answered questions on the occasion of the University of Toronto celebrating his... Read More

It turns out Jean-Luc Picard was an even better starship helmsman than the writers knew. A physicist has gone through the details of a... Read More

For many science fiction fans the computer voice on the Enterprise is iconic, and is, in fact, “the” voice of any computer. Majel... Read More

Growing up, many of us remember dutifully taking a few more bites of protein (and, of course, vegetables) to appease our moms before we were... Read More

On March 7, 1533, a Portuguese three-masted carrack (also known as a Nau) called the Bom Jesus, or “Good Jesus,” sailed down the... Read More

Some math problems continue to haunt researchers long after they’ve been solved. A proof emerges, is even celebrated, and yet... Read More

Atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fatty plaques in the arteries that causes restricted blood flow, is responsible for most heart attacks... Read More

The journal PeerJ has retracted a study that attempted to capture tourists’ “authentic responses” to venomous snakes by... Read More

When an abstract-looking ivory artifact emerged from the Hohle Fels cave in southern Germany in 2015, archaeologists didn’t know quite... Read More

Black holes might be hiding something from us. According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, a simple black hole is... Read More

Drugs for treating depression are among the most prescribed category of medications in the U.S. – 1 in 6 American adults take... Read More

Alex Zhavoronkov, founder and co-chief executive of techbio company Insilico, is among the scientists who have devoted countless hours to... Read More

University of Helsinki researchers followed almost 2,700 Finnish men for over 50 years, until the end of their lives. The monitoring... Read More

Astronauts who undergo long-duration spaceflight aboard the International Space Station often return with health problems that resemble some... Read More

David Rehkopf’s fascination with longevity began with human cells. As a postdoctoral researcher, he worked alongside Nobel laureate... Read More

Mercury’s surface is riddled with wrinkles, evidence of a once-larger planet that has shrunk over time. A new study finds that Mercury... Read More

People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States face a 14-year deficit in life expectancy, according to a new study by... Read More

Parents often learn the hard way that to make it anywhere on time, they should calculate how much time they think they need to get ready... Read More

Birds evolved from dinosaurs. They share a common ancestor and physical traits — some dinosaurs even had feathers. But while these... Read More

I did not enjoy getting my recombinant shingles vaccine (Shingrx). I rarely have strong reaction to vaccinations, but the adjuvant in this... Read More

A growing coalition of drug-policy experts says giving pharmaceutical heroin to addicts beats established treatment. Such programs, they... Read More

All of a sudden, French entrepreneur Hèlene Huby is seemingly everywhere. This week she is serving as one of two envoys, alongside... Read More

Neanderthals and Denisovans are among our closest extinct human relatives, but there’s still much we don’t know about this... Read More

A "forbidden" merger between two massive black holes may not have been quite as impossible as previously thought. That's according to new... Read More

A researcher at the artificial intelligence company Anthropic offered a bleak prediction late Tuesday that the systems the company is racing... Read More

The mathematical universe is boundless and heterogeneous, encompassing, over here, truths about numbers and equations; there, the logic of... Read More

Publication in a peer-reviewed journal is a key component of the scientific process and progress. It provides initial assurance that the... Read More

Mexico City has an atmospheric puzzle: Air quality policies have significantly reduced concentrations of many primary pollutants such as... Read More

Imagine doing your entire food shop at a butcher's. No vegetables, no bread, no fruit, no pasta, milk or biscuits – just a trolley full... Read More

A new species of mosquito has been found in the United States for the first time, Florida researchers announced this week. The insect, Aedes... Read More

It is one of biology’s most ingenious rhythms: Every baby is born young. No matter how much wear and tear their parents’ DNA... Read More