Science

Microplastics have turned up in yet another corner of the global food system, and this time researchers have paired their discovery with an unusual analytical...

A soil fungus better known for protecting plants may also harbor molecules capable of killing cancer cells, according to a new study that combines chemistry,...

Scientists have mapped an intricate web of competing genetic regulators in the brains of Alzheimer's disease model mice, and in doing so, identified a single...

The liver is not a uniform organ, and the hormone estradiol does not act on it uniformly either. That is the central message of a...

In the amber deposits of northern Myanmar, preserved for roughly 99 million years, scientists have found the key to unlocking one of entomology's most stubborn...

Medication errors in the home are among the most common and most preventable causes of avoidable harm in modern healthcare, yet the problem takes on...

Every mining company lives with a quiet deadline: the moment its mineral tenure expires. New research now shows that this institutional clock does more than...

In one of the most striking cases of a university surviving revolution, civil war, and decades of political fragmentation, a new study of Lebanon's only...

What actually determines whether a child becomes a strong reader or a confident mathematician? A sweeping new systematic review argues that the answer cannot be...

Picture books about nature are among the most widely used tools in early childhood classrooms, yet the way they actually look—and whether their visuals match...

One of the most persistent questions in the study of intimate partner violence is why some men go on to abuse their partners while others,...

When schools across the United States shut their doors in spring 2020, the burden of education shifted almost overnight from classrooms to living rooms, kitchens,...