New method could shed light on workers' historical radiation exposure

Researchers in the UK have developed a new method for evaluating plutonium workers’ historical internal radiation…

The effects of air pollution on human health

People with lung conditions describe the impact air pollution has on their health. Click…

New method could shed light on workers' historical radiation exposure

Researchers in the UK have developed a new method for evaluating plutonium workers’ historical internal radiation…

Washington becomes first US state to legalise human composting

Under the new law, people can choose to have their body turned into soil after their…

Stanton T. Friedman, Scientist Who Tracked U.F.O.s, Dies at 84

He was a nuclear physicist until reports of Earth visits by space aliens seized his imagination.…

Eastern forests shaped more by Native Americans' burning than climate change

Native Americans’ use of fire to manage vegetation in what is now the Eastern United States…

Mathematicians revive abandoned approach to Riemann Hypothesis

Many ways to approach the Riemann Hypothesis have been proposed during the past 150 years, but…

Potential breakthrough in understanding tumor dormancy

Scientists may have uncovered a primary method through which cancer cells exist undetected in an organism…

Developing biosecurity tool to detect genetically engineered organisms in the wild

If a genetically or synthetically engineered organism gets into the environment, how will we tell it…

With a hop, a skip and a jump, high-flying robot leaps through obstacles with ease

First unveiled in 2016, Salto the jumping robot stands at little less than a foot, but…