Science

As psychedelic medicine edges toward the mainstream, some are trying to make drugs that offer therapeutic benefits without the mind-altering...

Shantaquilette Carter-Williams was on the gym treadmill when she first felt an odd flutter in her heart. “I remember stopping...

While botanical gardens have evolved from their medicinal roots in 16th-century Italy, their plants can still bring peace and joy...

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Vortex rings, similar to smoke rings, have been observed in pulsing light before. Now, scientists have figured out how to...

It’s been three years since SpaceX, an aerospace company in Hawthorne, California, launched its first batch of Starlink Internet-communication satellites,...

Your height is determined by both your genes and environment, but the genetic component may also increase your risk of...

When paleontologist Jin Meng uncovered a strange skull in the vast, dry expanse of northern China’s Junggar Basin in 1996,...

Students who were exposed to the highest level of outdoor noise pollution while at school showed slower improvements in memory...

School shootings feel random in their location yet predictable in their occurrence. Killers target elementary, high school and college students...

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CLIMATEWIRE | India has experienced a series of unusually early and prolonged heat waves this year. To cool off, the...

A mind-expanding new exhibition in Liverpool, UK, sets out to explore how science has influenced the making of Doctor Who...

If you’re unfortunate enough to have had an intimate encounter with the dreaded Sars-CoV-2 virus, I’m afraid your dalliance with...

We saw the story over and over again: computer programmer Klára Dán von Neumann was a pioneer in weather forecasting....

Sea turtles have to dash into the sea after they hatch, but young leatherback turtles often get lost on the...