Here’s Why Older People Are the Most At Risk From COVID-19 Coronavirus
Different demographics are more or less vulnerable to coronavirus. A virologist explains the aging-related changes in how immune systems work that are to blame.
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Worm Moon: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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Trump Budget: What It Says About His Administration’s Health Priorities
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WHO Coronavirus Global Health Emergency: 4 Questions Answered
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Why Teen Depression Rates Are Rising Faster for Girls Than Boys
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How to Tell if Your Holiday Drinking Is Becoming a Problem
The holidays are not solely about religious observations or societal celebrations, as alcohol has established itself in the festivities. But how much is too much? An addiction specialist examines.
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How to Stick With Your New Year’s Resolutions in 2020
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Limited Eating Times Could Be a New Way to Fight Obesity & Diabetes
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WATCH: Mercury Transits the Sun NASA Live Stream Video
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California Wildfires Signal the Arrival of a Planetary Fire Age
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How the US Census Kickstarted America’s Computing Industry
As the country grew, each census required greater effort than the last. That problem led to the invention of the punched card.
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55 Best Gifts for Science Nerds: Your Quintessential List
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The Most Influential Scientist You May Never Have Heard Of
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Legionnaires’ Disease: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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5 Best Home Telescopes: Compare & Save
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Giant Squid Video: Watch the Sea Creature in the Gulf of Mexico
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Scientists Probably Already Found the Next Big Discovery in Astronomy & Don’t Know It
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First Black Hole Photo Confirms Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
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Katie Bouman: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
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Magnetoreception: New Evidence for a Human Magnetic Sense
Your brain's sensory talents go way beyond those traditional five senses. A team of geoscientists and neurobiologists explored how the human brain monitors and responds to magnetic fields.
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Steven Avery Administered Brain Fingerprinting Test
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SpaceX Live Stream: Watch Webcast About the Moon Flight
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Petrichor: Why You Can Smell Rain
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Could Curb Disease Transmission
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Tons of Plastic Trash Enter the Great Lakes Every Year – Where Does It Go?
Roughly 10,000 tons of plastic enter the Great Lakes every year, and scientists want to know where it ends up. There are some parallels to ocean plastics, but also important differences.
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Kelvin Droegemeier: A Respected Scientist Joins Trump’s White House
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Could Different Cultures Teach Us Something About Dementia?
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What Elephants’ Unique Brain Structures Suggest About Their Mental Abilities
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Climate Change & Wildfires: How Do We Know If There’s a Link?
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CRISPR & ‘Genome Vandalism: What We Know
CRISPR has been hailed as the an editing tool that can delete inherited mutations and cure disease. But recent papers suggest that the technique may be too dangerous for use in human therapies.