Across the globe, water scarcity is no longer a distant concern—it’s a present and growing crisis. Today, more than 2.3 ...

Clambering through the bush on one of Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, suddenly you spy a Komodo dragon in the clearing ahead. Forked tongue flickering; sharp, saw-like teeth glimme ...

Is global warming just part of Earth’s natural cycle? In this episode of Weathered, we break down why that’s not the full story. From ice ages and Milankovitch cycles to th ...

Across the globe, water scarcity is no longer a distant concern—it’s a present and growing crisis.  Today, more than 2.3 billion people live in regions facing water ...

Sudden cardiac death is responsible for an unusually high proportion of deaths in male bodybuilders worldwide with the ...

By combining information from many large datasets, MIT researchers have identified several new potential targets for treating ...

A new study shows that our ability to recall details about familiar objects, like a banana’s typical color, depends on strong ...

Sets of metabolites found in blood and urine reliably correspond with how much energy from ultra-processed food a person ...

Fentanyl is the deadliest illegal drug in US history by far. It’s often described as the ultimate high, but it’s actually an ...

After having solved the small matter of evolution by natural selection - becoming one of the most famous scientists in the world in the process - Charles Darwin turned his focus to a di ...

It’s a question that’s long been the cause of debate: is it better to shower in the morning or at night? Morning shower ...

The ZEUS laser facility at the University of Michigan has roughly doubled the peak power of any other laser in the U.S. with ...