Science & Technology

The consumption of fermented products is on the rise, and drinks like kombucha and kefir have gone viral in their popularity. But is there more to this than consumers searching for natural and healthy foods?

Human activity is contributing to pollution that is affecting our health. According to WHO estimates, atmospheric air pollution is estimated to cause 4.2 million premature deaths worldwide per year. Scientists and the public alike are well aware of how…

Astronomers report the first exoplanet jointly discovered through direct imaging and precision astrometry, a new indirect method that identifies a planet by measuring the position of the star it orbits. Data from the Subaru Telescope in Hawai`i and spa…

The reason why male bees collect scents in pockets on their hind legs remained a mystery for a long time. As an attractant? As a wedding gift? To show off to other males? Researchers have now figured it out.

The flow of matter, from macroscopic water currents to the microscopic flow of electric charge, underpins much of the infrastructure of modern times. In the search for breakthroughs in energy efficiency, data storage capacity, and processing speed, sci…

How did the Andes — the world’s longest mountain range — reach its enormous size? This is just one of the geological questions that a new method may be able to answer. With unprecedented precision, the method allows researchers to estimate how Earth’…

The iconic image of the supermassive black hole at the center of M87 has gotten its first official makeover based on a new machine learning technique called PRIMO. The team used the data achieved the full resolution of the array.

We are often attracted to others with whom we share an interest, but that attraction may be based on an erroneous belief that such shared interests reflect a deeper and more fundamental similarity — we share an essence — according to new research.

Origin-of-life chemists propose that glyoxylate could have been the original source of sugars on the ‘prebiotic’ Earth

Origin-of-life chemists propose that glyoxylate could have been the original source of sugars on the ‘prebiotic’ Earth

Neuroscientists found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice by using a peptide to interfere with an enzyme that is typically overactive in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

Neuroscientists found a way to reverse neurodegeneration and other symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease in mice by using a peptide to interfere with an enzyme that is typically overactive in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

A new look at climate data shows that, by the end of the century, the heaviest days of rain and snowfall across much of North America will likely release 20 to 30 percent more moisture than they do now. Much of the increased precipitation will occur in…