Category: Science

Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience “frost crack.” NPR’s Scott Simon talks with Bill McNee of the Wisconsin Department of Natural

Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses how scientists are beginning to study animals’ emotions and personalities — from joy to individual temperament.

Dehumidifiers come into their own this season — reducing condensation, preventing mold, reducing heating costs and more. Here’s how to choose an appropriate model.

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A woman developed psychosis, and her symptoms escalated rapidly, prompting clinicians to retrace the events leading up to her hospitalization.

Cosmology and quantum physics both offer tantalizing possibilities that we inhabit just one reality among many. But testing that idea is challenging.

A new analysis of mineral grains has refuted the “glacial transport theory” that suggests Stonehenge’s bluestones and Altar Stone were delivered to Salisbury Plain by

Combining observations from several powerful telescopes, astronomers have detected a gargantuan, ‘wobbling’ black hole outburst that’s as wide as an entire galaxy.

A new technology that generates tiny, earthquake-like effects could shake up the wireless device industry with smaller, less power-hungry devices. scientists say.

Heading into the second year of Trump 2.0, when it comes to science, some argue Trump has no consistent ideology for decision-making. Others argue the

A self-described “little farm girl” in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West’s complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped to improve billions of

When it comes to bucking the biological ails of aging, humans could learn something from Greenland sharks.

Scientists have described a novel, yet benign bone-covered growth’s characteristics for doctors, so patients don’t receive unnecessary chemotherapy.

The origins of whaling are highly debated. Now, some of the earliest signs of active whale hunting have appeared somewhere unexpected: southern Brazil.