Category: Science

Liquid nitrogen can be used safely in food preparation — but one man’s stomach burst after he threw back a cocktail that had been cooled

February’s full “Snow Moon” will be at its fullest on Sunday, Feb. 1, and will be best seen at moonrise. It will appear just beneath

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists now says humanity is a metaphorical 85 seconds to global disaster.

Scientists are developing a microneedle patch that they hope could someday simplify IVF hormone delivery. They’ve tested it in animals.

The achievements of AI-augmented science are mixed, but that doesn’t mean the technology can’t play a role in future endeavors.

Smog from cars and trucks is an expected health hazard in big cities, but researchers from the University of Cincinnati found pollution from truck exhaust

Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a target for future therapies.

In mice, blocking heart-to-brain signals improved healing after a heart attack, hinting at new targets for cardiac therapy.

The six-year Dark Energy Survey has released its full results, showing that two leading models of cosmology are equally valid — but both fail to

EMO the robot learned how its silicone lips would move in response to its 26 facial motors by staring at its reflection.

Archaeologists have found the oldest known evidence of hafted tools in East Asia, and they challenge a previously held assumption about stone tool use.

A seemingly serene landscape of gas and dust is hopping with star formation behind the scenes.

Scientists say grooves on a rock face overlooking the Adriatic Sea may have been made by sea turtles fleeing an earthquake.

A 2020 astronaut photo shows the oasis town of Jubbah lurking within a paleolake in the wind shadow of Saudi Arabia’s “two camel-hump mountain.”