Heat-related mortality risk is widespread across Washington state, study shows

Heat-related deaths occur across Washington state, even in regions with typically milder climates. This is the…

Study IDs what brings our senses and thoughts together

Our ability to think, decide, remember recent events and more, comes from our brain’s neocortex. Now…

NASA spacecraft's asteroid crash offers insight in case one ever threatens Earth

At 7:14 p.m. Eastern on Sept. 26, a NASA spacecraft will crash into a small asteroid.…

Key phases of human evolution coincide with flickers in eastern Africa's climate

Interdisciplinary research in southern Ethiopia enabled the deciphering of eastern Africa’s climatic heartbeat and shows how…

Young kids avoid one learning trap that often snares adults

Children have a secret power that helps them avoid a ‘learning trap’ that adults may sometimes…

Engineers build a battery-free, wireless underwater camera

Researchers built a battery-free, wireless underwater camera, powered by sound waves, that can take high-quality, color…

Invasive stink bug habitat could expand greatly with climate change

A foul-smelling, voracious, wide-spread pest could become even more ubiquitous with climate change. A recent modelling…

Move over, Bruce Willis: NASA is shoving an asteroid to test planetary defense

Hollywood likes to blow up incoming asteroids with nukes, but NASA’s first test of whether it…

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Italy is set to usher in its first far-right government since World War II. Military-age men…

NASA plans to hit an asteroid with a spacecraft to change its course

NASA is getting ready to give an asteroid a little push, in a test intended to…