Science

LAWRENCE, Kansas — The internet’s favorite prescription for feeling better may sound simple: “touch grass.” Now, research from the University of Kansas suggests that for...

Extreme weather is becoming harder to plan for precisely because the events that cause the greatest damage are often the least familiar. A seawall may...

Until he entered an operating room for the first time, Aaron Batista believed he understood the brain. As a neural engineer who had spent decades...

Loneliness has long been treated as an unfortunate consequence of ageing, but researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) are advancing a more precise...

Cooperation may depend on more than whether people help or refuse to help. A new theoretical study led by Kobe University suggests that the way...

Wind turbines may soon have a new way to warn eagles and other large birds before they enter the most dangerous part of a wind...

For decades, traffickers have been stripping Mexico’s forests of wild parrots and feeding them into an illegal market that stretches from remote rural communities to...

JWST has uncovered another surprise in the early Universe: the mysterious “little red dots” may not be isolated, starless points of light after all. A...

Autism research has long wrestled with a deceptively simple question: when genetic differences are linked to brain development and behavior, which biological pathways are actually...

For reconstructive surgeons, one of the most important decisions often happens before an operation begins: identifying the tiny blood vessels that will keep a transplanted...

Nitrogen fertilizer has helped transform modern agriculture, making abundant harvests possible across the globe. But the same nutrient that feeds crops can also escape into...

California’s electric-vehicle revolution is accelerating, but a new study suggests that the benefits of the charging network are not reaching every community equally. Research published...