As Homer tells us, Odysseus made an epic journey, against the odds, from Troy to his home in Ithaca. He visited many lands, ...

This is one of the most fascinating unsolved problems in cosmology, and it almost never gets talked about outside of research ...

The most massive land animals in the world all eat little stuff: grass and leaves. And almost all of the most massive aquatic ...

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The World Stroke Organization is warning that climate change poses an escalating threat to brain health, with extreme heat in ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is ...

The Fourth Edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, just published by the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) and ...

Scientists have shown that evolution has used the same genetic ‘cheat sheet’ for over 120 million years, suggesting that life ...

My ex once told me, mid-argument, that I was the most unempathetic person he’d ever met. It was a low blow. I’m a clinical ...

Researchers have identified previously unknown materials, including a new form of a widely studied clean-energy material, by ...

The James Webb Space Telescope found galaxies that are too ancient-looking for our young universe. You may have heard that, ...

A common knee surgery for cartilage damage does not benefit patients and may lead to worse outcomes, a 10-year trial suggests. The study tracked outcomes for patients treated for a meniscus tear, who ...