Leaders from the top-polluting countries, like the US and China, aren’t showing up to the UN’s big climate conference in ...

Researchers are connecting two ecological problems in the Northeast in hopes of reducing the risk of tick-borne illnesses.

The “one-of-a-kind” fossil of Navaornis hestiae helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains ...

The respiratory illness typically affects school-age kids, but the CDC reports a rise in cases in children aged 2-4.

In her new book, medical historian Dr. Elsa Richardson discusses the changing cultural and scientific understandings of the ...

In an interview from 2012, Jack Bishop from America’s Test Kitchen explains how science can sharpen your cooking skills.

Researchers found hundreds of viruses that prey on bacteria on toothbrushes and showerheads. They’re unlikely to pose a ...

What is a science book that inspired a sense of wonder or made you more curious about the world?

La astronomía en Latinoamérica busca poner la investigación al servicio de los problemas de la región. Falta inversión, pero ...

Did you know that there are ten quintillion—or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000—individual insects on the planet? That means that for each and every one of us humans, there are 1.25 billion insects hopping, ...

Annelise Rittberg watches as their four friends enjoy a late summer dip in Lake Michigan just south of Belmont Harbor. Credit: Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, WBEZ This article is part of The State of ...

What exactly is … everything? What is space-time? At one extreme, you’ve got the weird rules of quantum physics that deal with subatomic particles. At the other extreme, you’ve got the vast expanses ...