Science Mar 28 How climate change will put billions more at risk of mosquito-borne diseases By the end of this century almost all of the world’s population could be exposed to mosquito-borne diseases once limited to the tropics, according to a new study.
Science Mar 21 Genetic research has a white bias, and it may be hurting everyone’s health Around 80,000 years ago, a small group left Africa and radiated around the globe, taking with them a subset of their ancestors' genetic variation. Now, that subset dominates genetic and health studies worldwide.
Science Mar 15 This new ‘army’ of spiders is named after Star Wars stormtroopers They wouldn’t survive the deserts of Tatooine or the frigid planet Hoth, but these newly described, tarantula-like spiders are named after the stormtroopers who marched through the “Star Wars” movies.
Science Feb 28 If this space study is right, humans have never left Earth’s atmosphere A new study redefines the boundaries of our planet.
Science Feb 06 How to teach a honeybee to do math Despite their “miniature brains,” honeybees can harness both long-term rules and short-term memory in order to solve math problems.
Science Jan 31 Why the northern and southern lights don’t always look identical On a clear night, people near the poles might see colorful light wafting across the sky. New research could explain why these auroras don't look the same to everyone .
Science Jan 24 How conservative ‘supersharers’ drove fake news in the 2016 election Silver lining: That means most people were not being inundated with fake news.
Science Jan 18 WATCH: 2019’s only total lunar eclipse The eclipse began Sunday night, Jan. 20. You don't need to call it a ‘super blood wolf moon.'…
Science Jan 16 300 million years ago, our ancestors walked tall. This robot shows you how The fictional Sherlock Holmes could read footprints — in soil, snow, carpet, dust and even blood. Researchers today are similarly using tracks caught in stone — plus a robot — to recreate a creature that lived 300 million years ago.
Science Jan 10 Why these sea slugs look so much like David Bowie By drawing comparisons between sea slugs and Ziggy Stardust, the Bowiebranchia blog exposes the wild, beautiful and competitive evolution of both.