In this humorous, detailed, yet still accessible book, neuroscientist and illustrator Matteo Farinella takes the reader on a wild ride through key figures and fascinating facts about each of our five ...

A card game for telling stories about our future, based on principles of science. This unique tarot deck was made possible by more than 300 Kickstarter backers. Is this science? No, it's a game! The ...

In 2016, ProPublica reported that an artificial intelligence tool used in courtrooms across the United States to predict future crimes, the Correctional Offender Management Profiling for Alternative ...

From our perspective on Earth, most stars look like tiny, twinkling dots. But what color would a star be if you could actually see it up close? Most astronomy textbooks will clearly say hot stars are ...

Most of the Earth’s biosphere is permanently cold and contains environments below 0° C, known as the cryosphere. Microorganisms like bacteria and fungi call the cryosphere home, despite the seemingly ...

Like serotonin, psychedelic drugs can also activate the 5HT-2A receptor and reduce inflammation.This new study, which was published in ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science, shows what molecular ...

In humans and some animals, long periods of physical inactivity can lead to osteoporosis, a disease where bones break down and become weak.Osteoporosis is usually caused by either bone not being ...

Stories of sea serpents and other ocean-dwelling monsters are long-standing myths. Now, in research published in the journal Fish and Fisheries, one scientist has uncovered the culprit behind ...

Many fish stocks are expected to be depleted during the coming years due to overexploitation and illegal fishing. Shark fishing driven by the million-dollar fin trade have pushed some species of shark ...

The contagion begins its sweep, commuting with workers from farm to farm. It seems like a local problem at first, but eventually crosses borders and oceans to engulf the whole world. This contagion, ...

Although scientists had heard anecdotal reports of this behavior in the past, these researchers were able to catch the mobbing peccaries on video camera traps. In one video, a group of 15 peccaries ...

Today, multinational pharmaceutical company Pfizer reported their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, was more than 90 percent effective against SARS-CoV-2, based on early phase 3 clinical trial ...