You've already inhaled thousands of microscopic particles today. Some will be dust, pollen or soot, and some are plastic. Microplastics - tiny fragments shed from clothes, tyres or packaging -
Climatologist Judith Curry is retiring the Climate, Etc. website, which provided "a forum for climate researchers, academics and technical experts from other fields, citizen scientists, and the ...
The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) latest decision on nicotine pouches marks one of the most important advances in American tobacco policy in years. By authorizing ZYN nicotine pouches to ...
The mission of the National Institutes of Health is "to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen ...
When Stephen Hawking warned that contact with aliens might be dangerous, the warning had power because human history had already supplied the fear. When a stronger society meets a vulnerable one,
Each year, Americans invest hundreds of billions of dollars in scientific research. We do so because new knowledge helps cure disease, improve health, strengthen the economy, and address challenges ...
China did not merely recruit an American Nobel laureate. It recruited the research institute, international team, and future discoveries that may form around him. On July 3, Beijing's Tsinghua ...
Black holes have been understood as infinite singularities for a century. In 1916, months after Einstein published general relativity, Karl Schwarzschild did something that surprised even Einstein ...
We have all heard it: "It's just in your head." When work deadlines pile up, financial worries linger or an unexpected public speaking obligation looms, we often treat anxiety as a purely ...
Weight-loss jabs are the latest craze for shedding a few pounds. Their effect has been dramatic with drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy (semaglutide) causing users to lose up to 15% of their body fat ...