People talk more about past events than future ones—and memories hold clues for navigating the present The arrival of a new ...
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County caught fire. Driven by unusually strong Santa Ana winds, as my colleagues report, five fires ...
The prion disease that causes deer, elk and other cervids to waste away could someday jump to humans, but many hunters are ...
The research should provide insight into how ice age cycles have changed and help in understanding how atmospheric carbon ...
A 20-year study involving 400,000 participants challenges everything we thought we knew about daily multivitamins and their impact on life expectancy.
The world’s first fully 3D-printed microscope can be made in a few hours and for a fraction of the cost of traditional ones.
"Astronomers will always assume a simple model unless there is overwhelming evidence that this simple model is flawed." ...
Scientists may have discovered the cause of more than 100 mysterious earthquakes that shook the UK. Following the tremors, ...
A variant of the virus caused disease in people in 1997, when there was a small but deadly outbreak in Hong Kong. Eighteen ...
Five questions with UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain, who warned of “extreme fire danger” in Southern California days ...
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Scientists at the International Association of Human Behavior say that not all Swedes are taciturn, Italians are not universally excitable, and not every Frenchman looks down his ...