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Heart disease kills more people of all sexes than anything else. But for more women than men, a heart attack...

By Michael Le Page, Clare Wilson, Jessica Hamzelou, Sam Wong, Graham Lawton, Adam Vaughan, Conrad Quilty-Harper, Jason Arunn Murugesu, Layal...

No one likes sitting at a red light. But signalized intersections aren’t just a minor nuisance for drivers; vehicles consume...

Imagine you are playing the guitar. You’re seated, supporting the instrument’s weight across your lap. One hand strums; the other...

Since 7 May, the UK Health Security Agency has announced three cases of monkeypox, two of which required hospital care...

In deeply decarbonized energy systems utilizing high penetrations of variable renewable energy (VRE), energy storage is needed to keep the...

Tanya Lewis: Hi, and welcome to COVID, Quickly, a Scientific American podcast series. Josh Fischman: This is your fast-track update...

E-cigarettes may be more effective than nicotine patches as a tool for quitting smoking during pregnancy, suggests a UK study...

Irwin Schrödinger described his Cat Paradox in 1935. You’ve heard the gist described in many ways. In quantum mechanics, if something...

On Wednesday May 11th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that deaths from drug overdoses had reached an...

The rate of gun violence continues to rise across America. There was nearly a 30 percent increase in homicides between...

An AI was designed to predict when people are at risk of having a mental health crisis, based on their...

Exercise increases levels of a chemical involved in brain cell growth, which bolsters the release of the “feel good” hormone...

CLIMATEWIRE | Parts of South Africa are still reeling nearly a month after heavy rains and catastrophic floods wracked the...

Josie Ford Toad in the hole If we are looking a little lorn this week, with our mouth opening and...

Historically, a state’s legal code has been assumed to stop at its borders. And for the most part, states have...