Science&technology

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 ...

Hurricane Helene may have already hammered the Southeast, but its lethal aftermath could last a decade or more.Tropical cyclones, ...

In the brain of a singular fruit fly, nerve cells weave themselves together, enabling flight, mating, eating, sleeping and every other ac ...

A perfect storm of climate, geologic and geographic conditions have combined to make Hurricane Helene one of the most devastating storms ...

Coyotes turn out to have face muscles that look capable of making that big-eyed, sad-puppy face that dogs have used to melt human hearts ...

While SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling internet access and cell phone communications around the globe, they’re also posing a thr ...