In a robotics lab at George Washington University, there’s a small-scale race track, complete with a loop-the-loop. A battery-powered car hurls itself around the room, flipping over jumps and around the vertical spiral. “They are really robust, so when a…
The sheer amount of bacteria in and on your body weighs three to four pounds, the same weight as the human brain. But overuse of antibiotics is threatening the microbes our guts need, and possibly giving rise to modern plagues.
Not all animals are cut out for motherhood. Some will abandon, neglect, even kill their own young. It's part of nature, biologists say. But when animals in zoos kill their own babies, zookeepers become "mom". It's not an easy job.
The average potency of pot has more than tripled in the past two decades, according to testing done for the federal government. This comes just over a year after Colorado and Washington legalized the drug and as many other states…
By just about any measure, it’s supposed to be spring in the U.S. Winter, however, is making an encore appearance in parts of the country. Just how bad was this winter? We look at the data.
The landscape in Chile’s Atacama desert is Martian-like: dry, barren and flanked by volcanoes, and its high altitude and unpolluted skies make it a prime spot for stargazing. It was there, after a full night of such observation — and…
I’d like to say that our conversations in the early weeks of parenthood focused on how to contribute most effectively to the college fund, establish healthy sleep habits and encourage muscle-building activities like tummy time. They didn’t. They were about…
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