Category: Science

Let me describe a mystery bird that vividly illustrates some of the biological challenges birds have had to overcome to live as long as they …

COVID-19 is defined as a respiratory infection, but the effects of the new coronavirus are certainly not limited to one organ. Dozens of recent autopsies …

Say hello to ionocaloric cooling: a new way to lower the mercury that has the potential to replace existing methods with something safer and friendlier …

Inside your brain is a map of every bedroom you’ve slept in. Every kitchen you’ve cooked in. Every city you’ve worked in, every country you’ve …

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a long-awaited new drug designed to slow cognitive decline in patients in the mild and …

If crowded airports are any indication, people are eager to get back to the skies. And if you fly long-haul, in a few years you …

All life consists of cells that are several sizes smaller than a grain of salt. Their apparently simple structures mask the intricate and complex molecular …

Researchers say they have discovered what they call a “proto-writing system” embedded in 20,000-year-old cave paintings, making it the earliest form of any kind of …

SEATTLE — Virgin Orbit is set to perform the first orbital launch from Britain as soon as Jan. 9, a milestone officials hailed as the …

Although dark matter is a central part of the standard cosmological model, it is not without problems. There continue to be nagging mysteries about the …