SCIENCE News

SCIENCE News

Pick Up Your Stethoscope and Test Your Knowledge

Pick Up Your Stethoscope and Test Your Knowledge

History of plants: the cedars in the hat Jussieu

History of plants: the cedars in the hat Jussieu

When politicians link immigrants to disease, the science just doesn’t add up

When politicians link immigrants to disease, the science just doesn’t add up

Antarctica is leaking from the inside out

Antarctica is leaking from the inside out

Warning: Do NOT get into a breath-holding contest with a naked mole rat

Warning: Do NOT get into a breath-holding contest with a naked mole rat

New research on eyeballs just might lead to a jet lag cure

New research on eyeballs just might lead to a jet lag cure

Most scientific studies only use male subjects. Here's why that's a terrible idea.

Most scientific studies only use male subjects. Here's why that's a terrible idea.

Why won't my shoes stay tied? Scientists are trying to figure it out.

Why won't my shoes stay tied? Scientists are trying to figure it out.

19 April 2017, 07:22

PexelsShoelaces are great until they get untied.Oliver O’Reilly has a dilemma that plagues most of us.“I have a chronic problem with my shoelaces—they keep untying,” he told PopSci. “I never understood quite why that happened.”O’Reilly, a professor...

Climate change contributes to mental illness

Climate change contributes to mental illness

02 April 2017, 10:24

pexelsClimate change isn’t just bad for the planet and for our bodies. According to a new report by the American Psychological Association, Climate for Health, and ecoAmerica, climate change is bad for our mental health too.“We’re seeing an increasing...

Breakthroughs, stardom, and collapse: the life cycle of a sea arch

Breakthroughs, stardom, and collapse: the life cycle of a sea arch

15 mart 2017, 16:40

Tobias ScheckThe Azure Window in its glory days.At some point, the constant battering was just too much for the old rocks to handle. Turbulent waves crashing into the stones sent a magnificent landmark into the sea in a spray of saltwater. A moment later,...

What are the "natural flavors" in your food? Biotech is making the answer more complicated.

What are the "natural flavors" in your food? Biotech is making the answer more complicated.

15 mart 2017, 10:40

Flickr user isox4Nootkatone is a flavor compound found in grapefruit. But it can also be made from oranges and still be considered a natural flavor.A company in the United Kingdom can transform chemicals found in oranges into the coveted flavor of grapefruit....

Raindrops spew bacteria into the air as they burst—and it's kind of beautiful

Raindrops spew bacteria into the air as they burst—and it's kind of beautiful

08 mart 2017, 11:56

Joung et al. Nature CommunicationsVisualization of bioaerosolsRaindrops might be pumping bacteria into the sky, according to a study published today in the journal Nature Communications.Scientists have known for a while that bacteria somehow make their way...

The essential tools of an underwater researcher

The essential tools of an underwater researcher

01 mart 2017, 08:02

Don McLeishEmily KellyEmily Kelly, an ecologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, swims at Hawaii's Kahekili Herbivore Management AreaAmong Hawaii’s reefs, Emily Kelly dives with surgeonfish and parrotfish. By grazing on fleshy algae, these “underwater...

This is what happens to your body as you die of dehydration

This is what happens to your body as you die of dehydration

01 mart 2017, 03:10

Moyan Brenn via FlickrWandering around the desert is a good way to get dangerously dehydrated, but severe dehydration can also occur in more moderate conditions if you're exercising a lot, or just not drinking enough water.Water makes up about 55 to 65 percent...

Colon and rectal cancer seem to be on the rise—in millennials

Colon and rectal cancer seem to be on the rise—in millennials

01 mart 2017, 03:10

Dr. Mae Melvin/PixnioA x-ray images of a colon filled with barium via an enema, one of the common ways to diagnose colorectal cancer.Colorectal cancer is on the rise in young people. Don’t freak out.Let’s start with the facts. Colorectal cancer is the...

Juicing isn't actually good for you and your diet is probably dumb

Juicing isn't actually good for you and your diet is probably dumb

01 mart 2017, 03:10

PexelsSorry.Full disclosure: I don't really get juicing. Don't get me wrong, I've slurped down some delicious veggie and ginger concoctions and done my fair share of shots of lemon and turmeric. But spending 10 bucks on—or trying to replace breakfast...

This rare disorder leaves some people without kneecaps

This rare disorder leaves some people without kneecaps

28 February 2017, 09:00

WikipediaPatellaA patella, or kneecap, seen from the front and side of the legWhen Deanne Rue Stephens's three children were born, the first thing she did was count her babies' fingernails. What she found made her heart sink—on all three sets of hands,...

Black holes might devour stars much more often than we thought

Black holes might devour stars much more often than we thought

28 February 2017, 03:06

NASA, ESA, STScI-PRC14-41aSmall Galaxy, Big HoleMost galaxies in the universe have at least one thing in common: supermassive black holes tend to sit in their centers, silently gorging on interstellar gas and dust and obliterating anything that comes within...

Earth’s first continent? Probably a giant continental crust

Earth’s first continent? Probably a giant continental crust

28 February 2017, 03:06

NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Francis ReddyArchean Earth might have looked like this artist's interpretation - a pale orange dot.Unlike modern Earth which one might argue resembles an apple with some nibbles taken out of it, early Earth may have had...

This ancient society passed power down from woman to woman

This ancient society passed power down from woman to woman

25 February 2017, 03:04

flickr user John FowlerRemnants of the Chaco Canyon great houses are preserved today in Chaco Culture National Historic Park.In a colossal 650-room structure built over a millennia ago in present-day New Mexico, women ruled.This stone structure—dubbed Pueblo...

Audio engineering is making call center robots more 'human' and less annoying

Audio engineering is making call center robots more 'human' and less annoying

25 February 2017, 03:04

Fisher PriceAudio engineering can make computerized customer support lines seem friendlier and more helpful.Say you’re on the phone with a company and the automated virtual assistant needs a few seconds to “look up” your information. And then you hear...

Why can whale nerves stretch and turn like bungee cords?

Why can whale nerves stretch and turn like bungee cords?

25 February 2017, 03:04

Margo LillieA micro-CT scan of a fin whale nerve, which shows a nerve coiled within an outer layer. This inner coiling allows nerves to stretch twice their length without getting injured or damaged.Nerves are extremely delicate structures. They don't tend...

Middle Eastern seed bank re-deposits backups into Svalbard's doomsday vault

Middle Eastern seed bank re-deposits backups into Svalbard's doomsday vault

25 February 2017, 03:04

Global Diversity Crop TrustSvalbard Seed BankThe Svalbard Seed Bank in Norway provides a backup repository for the world's agricultural crops.Today, the seeds of 49,000 varieties of crops—including cabbages, wheat, lentils, sweet peas, and many others—will...

What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes

What pregnant women actually need to know about herpes

25 February 2017, 03:04

pexelsWhen I saw the press release for a new study linking the risk of autism to maternal infection with genital herpes, my heart sunk. Because you can't put two scary buzzwords like "autism" and "herpes" into a press release without creating this kind...

Want people to volunteer as lab rats? Turn your science into a game.

Want people to volunteer as lab rats? Turn your science into a game.

25 February 2017, 03:04

St. Martin's PressPower PlayPower Play: How video games can save the world by Asi Burak and Laura Parker.The following is an excerpt from Power Play: How video games can save the world by Asi Burak and Laura Parker.One of the most successful examples of...

POLITICS 1 2 » SPORTS