Before we ban kids from social media completely, here’s what we should try first
A push to raise the minimum age for social media and other online services is gaining momentum, beginning with Australia , which recently banned those
Category: Science
A light-based scan could detect deadly bowel disease in preterm babies
Necrotizing enterocolitis strikes premature babies with almost no warning. A new approach aims to detect it early with a quick, low-risk scan.
A photographic memory is wishful thinking
In fiction, photographic memories crack the case or save the day. But our brains can’t hold on to everything — and that’s a good thing.
Rare belching disorder could be treated with singing, study hints — but not everyone is convinced
People with a rare disorder that causes excessive burping may benefit from an unlikely treatment: singing therapy. A new study suggests that this singing approach
‘The lance head was still inside the pelvis’: Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battle
BERLIN — A Roman-era mass grave discovered underneath a soccer field near Vienna holds the skeletons of young men from all over the Roman Empire
‘If this is the new normal, then we are in very deep trouble’: Brazil’s drying aquifers could have ripple effects across the world
Brazil is home to some of the world’s largest aquifers, yet many of those groundwater stores — which provide 55% of the country’s water —
Mars may have been losing its water more than 4 billion years ago, oldest-known Martian meteorite suggests
An unassuming, brownish stone may be one of the most precious objects on Earth. The rare rock, called Teghaza 001, is a piece of ancient
Mammal ancestors may have given live birth 90 million years earlier than we thought, rewriting evolutionary timelines
A dog-sized carnivore and mammal ancestor that lived around 236 million years ago seems to have given birth to live young, a new study suggests.
Pigs wearing heated diving suits and diapers reveal a better way to beat ‘the bends’
Deep-sea divers take careful measures to avoid “the bends,” a painful condition where gas bubbles form in divers’ blood and tissues when they ascend from
Memory may not work how we thought, study of mice in artificial hibernation finds
Long-term memories may not “stick” in the brain for the reasons we thought, a study of mice in artificial hibernation reveals. Instead of relying on
Saving old trees may protect people’s health more than planting new ones, study of Chicago neighborhoods finds
Losing mature trees from a neighborhood may be a matter of life and death, a new study suggests. The research, published Aug. 5 in the
Foodborne illnesses: Is the US really being hit harder this year?
Between outbreaks of explosive diarrhea leading to nationwide lettuce recalls and cases of Salmonella tied to eggs and jalapeños, foodborne diseases in the United States
The glue that binds a proton may be key to its identity
Gluons do more than hold protons together. They may also help define the proton’s identity through a quantum property called baryon number.
Stars’ plasma spurts may be blocked by magnetic fields
The sun frequently flings plasma into space, but sightings of such eruptions on other stars are rare. Magnetic fields could explain why.