Antibiotics can destroy the good bacteria in your gut. But some foods can help get it back to normal.

Artificial-intelligence systems are feeding on Wikipedia without giving back, and academic indifference is threatening the survival of what is arguably the most widely used reference work on the plane...

Researchers develop transparent wood windows that regulate light, block UV rays, and cut energy use without electricity.

A group of researchers studied the personality traits most common in conspiracy-brained people, discovering insecurity might be to blame.

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

Norway closed 2025 with 96% of new cars fully electric, a record that gave Tesla its best year yet there and turned combustion models into statistical outliers.

How These Long-Living Sharks Keep Sharp Vision for Centuries: Understanding their tricks could eventually help preserve people’s eyesight.

Chinese energy giant Ming Yang Smart Energy has developed the “world’s first fully recyclable carbon fiber wind turbine blade.”

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans

Capsizing icebergs are violently clashing with the crumbling end of the Doomsday Glacier

There are a number of ways to ‘detox’. But do they work? And are they safe?

Clean energy infrastructure is being deployed with unmatched scale and speed—and China is leading the way

Flies carrying disease-causing microbes will likely contaminate the food they touch, but different factors determine whether the person who eats it will get sick.

Radiation levels at airline flight altitudes briefly reached levels that could be potentially harmful to pregnant women.

Clinicians say debunking misinformation in the exam room consumes valuable consultation time and often requires delicate, empathetic communication.

The reason dogs beg, sit, stay, and shake for peanut butter could be both evolutionarily wired and learned behavior.

Despite safety concerns regarding the toxicity of tattoo ink, no studies have reported the consequences of tattooing on the immune response. In thi...

Crop failures caused by eruptions possibly forced grain imports from plague-ridden regions

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Lone star tick bites are the most common cause of alpha-gal syndrome, which causes severe allergic reactions to red meat

Canada lost its official measles elimination status after a year of continuous transmission

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In this episode, we sit down with two of today’s most prominent defenders of science: Professor Michael Mann, world-renowned climate scientist, and Professor Peter Hotez, vaccine researcher and advoca...

Learn what pseudoscience is, why it’s persuasive, and how to recognize it so that you can stay open-minded without being misled.

The famous science communicator is planning to release a chatbot designed to answer questions about the climate crisis. Can it work?

Literal “hallucinations” were the result.

The Chinese state broadcasting group recently released footage of its newly developed "robot wolves" in simulated combat drills.

The AI industry is struggling to make a dent in its expenditures, as the vast majority of users remain content to use its free model.

Australia’s future nuclear submarines will produce highly radioactive waste, and allies in the UK and the US still don’t have a safe place to store their own

Wind and big batteries pass significant milestones on Australia’s main grid, and new output records also set for wind in South Australia and wind and solar in Queensland.

Climate change is a slow-moving disaster. We need graphics that capture both its pace and its impact.

France’s nuclear weapons arsenal has remained stable in recent years at approximately 290 warheads, but the country is modernizing its ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, submarines, aircraft, and nu...

Wood heaters are estimated to be responsible for more pollution-related deaths than all the cars on our roads. This national map shows which areas are affected the most.

Two Chinese state-owned companies have produced the world’s most powerful direct-drive floating offshore wind turbine, ready for real-world testing.

You gotta fight for your right to whiskers.

The Netherlands and Greece were the top solar record setters, while wind power also hit new highs in May and June.

This chart shows the estimated number of excess heat-related deaths in the June/July 2025 European heatwave and the impact of climate change on excess deaths.

Full battery EVs are 73 pct cleaner than internal combustion cars, and even more so when powered only with renewables. The benefits of hybrids are much lower.

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

Rather than a clever survival tactic, tonic immobility might just be ‘evolutionary baggage’.