Earth's temperature likely marks hottest decade on record: report

The past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warned on…

Food fights: How history shapes what we eat–and why

Everybody eats. But what people eat, and what drives our decisions about food, vary tremendously. …

Pregnant women have a higher risk of delivering early on unseasonably hot days

About a quarter of children in the United States are born two to three weeks before…

Image: Exoplanet satellite encapsulated

At Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, ESA’s Characterising Exoplanet Satellite, Cheops, is being encapsulated into…

Scientists analyze handwriting with lasers to evaluate mental states

Scientists at the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Russia) along with international colleagues have studied the…

Computer-generated antibiotics, biosensor Band-Aids, and the quest to beat antibiotic resistance

Imagine if a computer could learn from molecules found in nature and use an algorithm to…

US national parks face 'crisis' over invasive animal species

More than half of US national parks are threatened by invasive animals, like pythons and feral…

Illuminating the path for super-resolution imaging with improved rhodamine dyes

In recent years, there has been a rapid evolution of advanced fluorescence imaging techniques such as…

The direct observation of van der Waals stacking-dependent interlayer magnetism

Materials scientists aim to control the crystal structure of a solid—in a powerful approach to manipulate…

NASA Launching RiTS, a ‘Robot Hotel’ to the International Space Station

Sometimes robots need a place to stay in space, too. NASA is attaching a “robot hotel”…