Technology

Shrinking Family Sizes May Change Our Experience with A...

Throughout the world, the number of relatives that people have may dramatically ...

Can 'Conversations' with Whales Teach Us to Talk with A...

A controversial 20-minute interaction with a humpback whale might help scientist...

Disinformation Is the Real Threat to Democracy and Publ...

Disinformation abounds, and it can kill. Fortunately, it can often be unambiguou...

Do Cats Experience FOMO?

Feline experts weigh in on clingy cats’ supposed “fear of missing out”

These Numbers Look Random but Aren't, Mathematicians Prove

A new mathematical proof helps show whether a sequence of numbers is “pseudorandom”

Ancient Jewelry Shows Ice Age Europe Had 9 Distinct Cul...

Prehistoric artifacts used in jewelry, such as beads made from shells, amber and...

New IVF Test Could Increase Chances of Pregnancy Success

A noninvasive test for genetic material could predict embryo quality in IVF.

Glacier Meltwater Destroys Precious Climate Data in the...

Rising temperatures are melting an area of the Swiss Alps where scientists have ...

Why Aren't We Made of Antimatter?

To understand why the universe is made of matter and not antimatter, physicists ...

Visualizing Climate Disasters' Surprising Cascading Eff...

See how climate disasters cause rippling effects far beyond the initial event

A-fib--a Rapid, Irregular Heartbeat--Can Kill You, but ...

A fluttering heartbeat called A-fib can lead to stroke, but smartwatches can det...

The Secret to Accomplishing Big Goals Lies in Breaking ...

Subgoals can make all the difference when ambitious targets seem too daunting

Bacteria Make Decisions Based on Generational Memories

Bacteria choose to swarm based on what happened to their great-grandparents

The Troubling Mysteries at the Heart of Nuclear Bombs

Plutonium-pit secrets, growing up in parallel universes, the strange aftermath o...

Science News Briefs from around the World: February 2024

A missing mammal rediscovered in Indonesia, a speedy new species of dinosaur in ...

Environmental Protection Does Not Kill Jobs

The argument that we have to choose between saving nature and strengthening the ...

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