A gigantic space rock that slammed into Earth more than three billion years ago grievously wounded the biosphere—and then ...

Michaela Maya-Mrschtik has a doctorate in molecular biology and is a medicine editor at Spektrum der Wissenschaft, a partner publication of Scientific American.

For example, he and his colleagues found that the empty set takes more time for people to process than the symbolic numeral 0 ...

Observations from a retrofitted spy plane hint at a connection between powerful gamma-ray flashes and a thunderstorm’s ...

Oregon decriminalized hard drugs in 2021 and recriminalized them last month. A new analysis shows the laws likely had little ...

Jennie Germann Molz is a professor of sociology at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. Her research focuses on tourism and technology, traveling families, digital nomadism and mobile ...

People are pulling their kids out of traditional education to learn while they travel. Data on educational success are ...

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During the summer, leaves appear green because the predominant pigment of photosynthesis, called chlorophyll, reflects green ...

Phone apps can tell whether your kid is playing hooky. But remotely surveilling your child might not be great for navigating ...

Anyone who is capable of seeing the moon (or the sun) near the horizon has experienced this effect. The moon looks enormous ...

Blake Murdoch is a health policy academic, bioethicist, lawyer and science communicator at the University of Alberta’s Health ...