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Gothenburg is inviting eight international guests to experience Swedish Julmys—a festive tradition rooted in togetherness and light—as an antidote to seasonal stress. The experience features...

The Boulder Valley School District implemented what is likely the nation’s first — and only — neurodiversity policy.

Long before it became one of the most popular in the country, the Maryland Renaissance Festival started with a dream and a drink in the 1970s.

As these bacterial explosions increase worldwide, researchers are racing to study their health impacts

Reading fiction may strengthen the social skills we use to understand and connect with others.

Medicinal plants show promise, but major barriers remain amid a rise in antibiotic resistance

Amid long blackouts and dwindling supplies, research and development have become ‘very difficult’

Chemistry is key to the success of current and future space missions

The National Aquarium in Baltimore is beginning to show its age. The autumn maintenance crises forced the Inner Harbor institution, which normally closes only on Thanksgiving and Christmas, to shut it...

Wall Street isn’t impressed, but amylin-molecule developers see a silver lining in clinical trial results

Scientists are storing backup copies of the bacteria, viruses, archaea, protists, and fungi that keep our planet healthy

Revealed in one chart.

After decades, scientists have finally pieced together the 23-step biosynthetic pathway to produce this cancer drug

Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native bee populations.

Polonium-210, the rare radioactive substance that fatally poisoned a Russian ex-spy, doesn't pose a threat to most. Found in tiny amounts in the Earth's crust,

Even if the country’s oil and gas sector gets back on its feet, petrochemical projects may be ill-timed

A new metabolic engineering technique makes xanthommatin cheaper and easy to produce

The popular drink has an unusual mixture of organisms that can kill harmful bacteria

Los Angeles wildfires, a CRISPR milestone, and a de-extinction controversy are among 2025’s notable events captured in photos

A couple talked their way into the Virginia wine cellar, where the woman reportedly distracted their guide while the man slipped bottles into his overcoat.

Only one photo will emerge victorious

The book is more than a tale of horror; it’s a psychological drama about the drive to develop knowledge and be seen

A newly discovered molecular phenomenon is responsible for the spectral balls of light seen in swamps and cemeteries

Kopi luwak is a specialty coffee that’s fermented in the gut of a civet. It’s also rich in fatty acids

While most pumpkin cookies skew cakey, these bars are as rich and chewy as the center of a chocolate chip cookie To counteract the added moisture from the pumpkin purée, this recipe has a few tricks up its sleeve: For starters, it completely ditches the eggs Browning the butter does double duty, removing water while also giving the dough a deeper flavor with nutty notes

Scientists explore a traditional Balkan recipe that uses the insect and its microbiome as fermentation

A new review of recent studies shows the great apes rely on medicinal plants to heal infections, but the plants’ chemistry remains mostly a mystery

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

In Japan, warming temperatures may hamper an ancient tradition of leaf-peeping

Scientists discover and characterize previously unidentified pigment in the artist's palette