Wednesday, December 10, 2025

science

Latest

The effects of traumatic brain injuries go beyond what meets the eye. Naeblys/iStock via Getty Images Plus

science

Newly discovered link between traumatic brain injury in children and epigenetic changes could help personalize treatment for recovering kids

Staff Writer - December 10, 2025

This artist’s rendering shows the ESCAPADE probes near Mars. NASA

science

Lower-cost space missions like NASA’s ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science – but at a price in risk and trade‑offs

Mysterious blasts of radio waves from across the universe called fast radio bursts help astronomers catalog matter. ESO/M. Kornmesser, CC BY-SA

science

Most normal matter in the universe isn’t found in planets, stars or galaxies – an astronomer explains where it’s distributed

Scientists used drones to produce this 3D model of Rano Raraku, the volcanic crater where 95% of Rapa Nui’s giant statues were carved. Lipo et al., 2025, PLOS One, CC BY

science

Drones, physics and rats: Studies show how the people of Rapa Nui made and moved the giant statues – and what caused the island’s...

Careful planning and analysis are part of trying to reduce the chance of a false-positive finding. Arnon Mungyodklang/iStock via Getty Images Plus

science

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence – and that affects what scientific journals choose to publish

science

How citizen investigators can collaborate on crowdsourced fact-checking

Staff Writer - November 6, 2017

science

It’s mostly mothers who pass on mitochondria – and a new...

Staff Writer - November 5, 2017

science

Real security requires strong encryption – even if investigators get blocked

Staff Writer - November 2, 2017

science

Dark matter: The mystery substance physics still can’t identify that makes...

Staff Writer - October 31, 2017

1...144 145146Page 146 of 146

EXPLORING NATURE

A person sits in a field of crops after a raid by U.S. immigration agents. Blake Fagan/AFP via Getty Images

Business

As US hunger rises, Trump administration’s ‘efficiency’ goals cause massive food waste

Staff Writer - November 28, 2025

Tevis Garrett Graddy-Lovelace, American University School of International Service The U.S. government has caused massive food waste during President...

Sea-level rise changes coastlines, putting homes at risk, as Summer Haven, Fla., has seen. Aerial Views/E+/Getty Images

Sea level doesn’t rise at the same rate everywhere – we...

November 25, 2025

Pennsylvania is home to a diverse range of wild mushrooms, both edible and poisonous. Vaivirga/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Mid-Atlantic mushroom foragers collect 160 species for food, medicine, art and science

November 24, 2025

Climate finance is meant to help low-income countries adapt to climate change and recover from disasters like Hurricane Melissa. Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images

How climate finance to help poor countries became a global shell...

November 19, 2025

Pecan pie is a popular holiday treat in the United States. Julie Deshaies/iStock via Getty Images

How pecans went from ignored trees to a holiday staple –...

November 19, 2025