Will Sullivan is a science writer based in Washington, D.C. His work has appeared in Inside Science and NOVA Next. A new study suggests that climate change is making life more difficult for forests to ...
One researcher wrote a 600-page report attributing an obscure painting to the artist. Another argued that he'd sculpted a marble bust on display in a Roman church ...
The saying goes, “cats always land on their feet.” Scientists have investigated the physics of falling cats since at least 1700, and a team of researchers has recently furthered the topic with a study ...
He is considered one of China’s greatest 20th-century opera performers, and his influence on the art form is still felt today ...
Demolition expert Thomas Zowalla after defusing the World War II-era bomb in Dresden Robert Michael / Picture Alliance via Getty Images Experts have successfully defused an unexploded World War II-era ...
Scientists found the severest changes in decline rates in places that include hallmarks of high-intensity agriculture ...
New research suggests that the highly magnetized remnants of stars are responsible for powering some of the universe’s most brilliant supernova explosions ...
The 19th-century German toy pieces, made with quartz sand, chalk and linseed oil, allowed kids to create realistic structures ...
Hunter-gatherers in Europe carefully selected ingredients and cooked complex foods, often pairing fish with specific plants, ...
A lot of past research has used flawed methodology to estimate current coastal water levels, according to a new study ...
Mycologists cultivated fungi they found in post-wildfire landscapes to understand the evolutionary traits behind their ...