Sound that can bend itself through space, reaching only your ear in a crowd

People who most frequently encounter everyday, subtle discrimination are 5x more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression, and the effect holds even after adjusting for race, gender, age…

Study shows people project their political views onto fictional heroes and villains

Cells lining your skin and organs can generate electricity when injured − potentially opening new doors to treating wounds

Anti-pollution regulations for diesel-powered ships in 2020 caused lightning strikes to quickly drop by half over two Asian shipping lanes, according to a study of 12 years of high-resolution global lightning strike data, demonstrating the link between particulate pollution and lightning storms

People say they prefer stories written by humans over AI, study says otherwise

How our bodies react when we use social media—and when we stop

Butterflies declined by 22% in just 2 decades across the US

Reasons veterans are especially hard-hit by federal cuts

A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland

Philly's street fentanyl contains a chemical called BTMPS used in plastic

Radioisotope generators − the 'nuclear batteries' that power faraway spacecraft

Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem

Email signatures are harming the planet and could cost people their lives

How to learn a new language like a baby

A new discovery of quina scrapers in China from the Middle Paleolithic challenges the long-standing notion that while ancient people in Europe and Africa were inventing new tools during that era, people of East Asia stuck to basic stone tools that remained unchanged for thousands of years

Problematic Paper Screener: Trawling for Fraud in the Scientific Literature

Daylight saving time and early school start times cost billions

NOAA's public weather data powers the local forecasts on your phone and TV

A fiscal crisis is looming for many US cities

Some tech leaders think AI could outsmart us and wipe out humanity. I’m a professor of AI – and I’m not worried

An inert and unreactive gas, xenon, may be a candidate for treating Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a new study in mice

Do aliens exist? We studied what scientists think

Countries spend huge sums on fossil fuel subsidies – why they're so hard to end

Recovering priceless audio and lost languages from old decaying tapes

Medical treatments devised for war can quickly be implemented in US hospitals

Why community pharmacies are closing – and what to do if yours shutters

South Africa's history uncovered: the 1k-year gap they don't teach in school

Parents can soon use QR codes to reveal heavy metal content in baby food

Can you get sunburnt or UV skin damage through car or home windows?

More →