Scientists at work: Uncovering the mystery of when and where sharks give birth

If you have a toddler, or if you encountered one in the last year, you’ve almost…

Toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and now elastic? Mask makers cope with unexpected COVID-19-related shortages

As shoppers scavenge to find toilet paper and other quarantine essentials, some crafters who are making…

Here are 5 ways to flatten the climate change curve while stuck at home

After the horrors of the last bushfire season, climate action in Australia seemed to have new…

Porous carbon nanofibers demonstrate exceptional capacitive deionization

Capacitive deionization (CDI) is energetically favorable to deionize water, but existing methods are limited by their…

Visual-spatial learning disorder is more common than thought, finds study

Researchers estimate non-verbal learning disorder may affect up to 3 million children in the United States. …

They remember: Communities of microbes found to have working memory

Biologists studying communities of bacteria have discovered that these so-called simple organisms feature a robust capacity…

Minor evolutionary changes helped transform the salamander tongue into a fast elastic recoil mechanism

A team of researchers from the University of South Florida and California State University Stanislaus has…

Coronavirus: Scottish government suggests covering face in shops

Nicola Sturgeon says there may be “some benefit” in wearing a cloth face covering in enclosed…

How Indigenous people in the Amazon are coping with the coronavirus pandemic

A 15-year-old boy from a remote region of the Brazilian Amazon, near the border with Venezuela,…

Governments knew a pandemic was a threat: Here's why they weren't better prepared

Most people think or at least hope their government is doing a good job in the…