Robotics

Inside the Crime Rings Trafficking Sand

Organized crime is mining sand from rivers and coasts to feed demand worldwide, ...

China's New Dark Matter Lab Is Biggest and Deepest Yet

The world’s deepest and largest underground laboratory is scaling up its search ...

Toilet Taboos Can Make Scientific Fieldwork Dangerous

Reluctance to talk about bathroom breaks can make fieldwork uncomfortable and ev...

The Opioid Crisis Is Now Being Tracked with Wastewater

Levels of opioids and other drugs in sewage could help public health authorities...

Climate Concern Grows Nationwide, Even in Some Republic...

A national survey shows Americans are increasingly worried about global warming....

Groundwater Is Declining Globally, but There Are Hopefu...

The most detailed global look at groundwater yet shows a lot of loss but also st...

A Wild Claim about the Powers of Pi Creates a Transcend...

Mathematicians cannot determine whether multiplying pi by itself repeatedly migh...

Unprecedented Supernova Survey Underscores Dark Energy ...

The Dark Energy Survey has released a long-awaited analysis based on more than 1...

This Nomadic Eccentric Was the Most Prolific Mathematic...

The bizarre life and legacy of Paul Erdős, the most prolific mathematician ever

How Long Does It Really Take to Form a Habit?

There’s a myth that it takes 21 days to form a habit. Experts explain why it mig...

Ozempic and Other Weight-Loss Drugs Are Sparking a Risk...

The world has launched into an era of injectables not just to treat obesity but ...

Some Adults May Need a Measles Booster

Measles is extremely infectious. Vaccines provide good protection, but some adul...

Animals Can See Colors We Can't--And New Tech Offers Us...

A colorful new video technique lets scientists see the world like birds and bees

Turning Doctors into Climate Health Advocates Is Good f...

Harvard researchers found that most doctors and nurses who took a course in comm...

Waiting for the 'White Water'

In Nigeria, one community that has never had potable water finally gets it.

AI Program Finds Thousands of Possible Psychedelics. Wi...

Researchers have doubted how useful AI protein-structure tool AlphaFold will be ...

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