Science&technology

The words “herpes” and “spread” in the same sentence don’t typically spell good news. Unless, that is, you’re talking about a busybody ne ...

CHICAGO — Big news for fighting sisters: Scientists have found the sensors that signal the painful zing of a hair pull. And this pain mes ...

Dozens of fugitive stars were caught fleeing a dense star cluster in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The swarm of speeding stars cou ...

Two newly discovered fossils are helping scientists wrap their heads around the anatomy of the largest arthropod of all time — a milliped ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will soon be on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean th ...

There’s a Sherlock Holmes tale in here somewhere: A clever observer could check wrinkles and whiskers on an elephant trunk to catch a lef ...

When the arm is on the lap or the side, a blood pressure reading can be erroneously high. But when the arm is supported and at heart heig ...

CHICAGO — Mice love to run. But not when they’re taking semaglutide, the diabetes and weight-loss drug sold as Ozempic and Wegovy. While ...

A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s star, which lies a mere six light-years from our solar system, has at least one — and possibly a hand ...

Satellites hampering radio astronomy — Science News, October 5, 1974 In the past, the satellites and probes launched by NASA and o ...

Some tadpoles don’t poop for the first weeks of their lives. At least, that’s the case for Eiffinger’s tree frogs (Kurixalus eiffingeri), ...

As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine micr ...

The word “bionic” conjures sci-fi visions of humans enhanced to superhuman levels. It’s true that engineering advances such as better mot ...

Clostridioides difficile is a notoriously nasty intestinal bug, with few effective treatments and no approved vaccines. But the same tech ...