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Poisons are a potent tool for murder in fiction – a toxicologist explains how...
Poisons are often not so clearly labeled.Josefe Photography/iStock via Getty Images PlusPeople have used poisons throughout history for a variety of purposes: to hunt animals for food, to treat...
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Building better brain collaboration online – despite scientific squabbles,...
Bringing scientific research online can help improve collaboration to a degree. Hiroshi Watanabe/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesRecent years have seen both impressive advances in computational...
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Moving in with your partner? Talking about these 3 things first can smooth...
Before the boxes are packed, you should square your expectations.Tara Moore/DigitalVision via Getty ImagesPartners who live together typically come to this significant place in their relationship in...
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Researchers turned superglue into a recyclable, cheap, oil-free plastic...
Researchers discovered a way to turn superglue into strong, clear plastic that can be made into many shapes.Allison Christy, CC BY-NDThe Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic...
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Should the US ban TikTok? Can it? A cybersecurity expert explains the risks...
Is a wildly popular social media app a threat to the U.S.?AP Photo/Michael DwyerTikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on March 23, 2023, amid a...
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Back to the Moon: A space lawyer and planetary scientist on what it will take...
Within the next year or two, people will set foot on the surface of the Moon for the first time in 50 years.NASANASA is planning to put U.S. astronauts back on the surface of the Moon by the end of...
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How do superconductors work? A physicist explains what it means to have...
Magnetic levitation is just one of the interesting attributes that make superconductors so interesting.Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library vie Getty ImagesThe modern world runs on electricity, and wires...
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3D-printing the brain's blood vessels with silicone could improve and...
3D printers can lay down more than just layers of melted plastic.Dedraw Studio/iStock via Getty Images PlusA new 3D-printing technique using silicone can make accurate models of the blood vessels in...
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Why don’t parents like their kids to play with toy guns?
Even playing with a fake gun comes with risks.sarote pruksachat/Moment via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it...
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Watermarking ChatGPT, DALL-E and other generative AIs could help protect...
Images generated by AI systems, like these fake photos of Donald Trump being arrested (he hasn't been arrested), can be a dangerous source of misinformation.AP Photo/J. David AkeShortly after rumors...
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Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electronics – an...
Room-temperature superconductors could make high-speed maglev trains more practical.Visual China Group via Getty ImagesSuperconductors make highly efficient electronics, but the ultralow temperatures...
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Why tornadoes are still hard to forecast – even though storm predictions are...
A series of images in this photo montage shows the evolution of a tornado.JasonWeingart via Wikimedia, CC BY-SAAs a deadly tornado headed toward Rolling Fork, Mississippi, on March 24, 2023,...
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Brains also have supply chain issues – blood flows where it can, and neurons...
Blood carries oxygen and vital nutrients to the brain. Mr. Suphachai Praserdumrongchai/iStock via Getty ImagesNeuroscientists have long assumed that neurons are greedy, hungry units that demand more...
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Ancient DNA is restoring the origin story of the Swahili people of the East...
How are people today related to those who lived centuries ago in the Swahili civilization? The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs/Flickr, CC BY-NC-NDThe legacy of the medieval Swahili...
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3D printing promises to transform architecture forever – and create forms...
House Zero in Austin, Texas, is a 2,000-square-foot home that was built with 3D-printed concrete.Lake Flato ArchitectsIn architecture, new materials rarely emerge. For centuries, wood, masonry and...
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Archaeology and genomics together with Indigenous knowledge revise the...
Horses are an active part of life for the Lakota and many other Plains nations today.Jacquelyn Córdova/Northern Vision ProductionsFew places in the world are more closely linked with horses in the...
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Why tornadoes like the one that hit Little Rock are still hard to forecast –...
A tornado touches down.Morgan Schneider/OU CIMMS/NOAA NSSLMeteorologists began warning about severe weather with the potential for tornadoes several days before storms tore across the Southeast and the...
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Why tornadoes are still hard to forecast – even though storm predictions are...
A tornado touches down.Morgan Schneider/OU CIMMS/NOAA NSSLMeteorologists began warning about severe weather with the potential for tornadoes several days before storms tore across the Southeast and the...
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Why are snails and slugs so slow?
One distinction between a snail and a slug: The snail has a shell.maxphotography/Moment via Getty ImagesCurious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
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Sabertooth cat skull newly discovered in Iowa reveals details about this Ice...
Heavier than a modern lion, these big cats were fearsome predators.Daniel Eskridge/Stocktrek Images via Getty ImagesThe sabertooth cat is an Ice Age icon and emblem of strength, tenacity and...
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