Earth & Environment
Your City's Future Climate Revealed in Interactive Map
A new web app lets you explore how climate change will make your hometown feel like a completely different place in the coming decades.
Jun 20, 2024
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Health
Drug Used to Treat Eczema May Provide Relief for Patients with Intensely Itchy Skin Diseases
A drug approved to treat eczema provided significant improvement in the symptoms of patients with severe itching diseases that currently have no targeted treatments, according to a new study published in JAMA Dermatology.
Jun 9, 2024
Space
Lucy Spacecraft Discovers Unexpected Contact Binary Orbiting Asteroid Dinkinesh
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has made a surprising discovery during its flyby of asteroid Dinkinesh, also known as "Dinky," in November 2023. The mission team, which…
May 31, 2024
Health
N95 masks near-perfect at blocking escape of airborne COVID-19
In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with active COVID-19, the inexpensive “duckbill” N95 came out on top, stopping 98% of COVID-19 particles in the breath of infected people from escaping into the air.
May 30, 2024
Space
The moon is shrinking, causing landslides and instability in lunar south pole
Earth’s moon shrank more than 150 feet in circumference as its core gradually cooled over the last few hundred million years.
Jan 25, 2024
Health
What makes urine yellow? Scientists discover the enzyme responsible
Researchers at the University of Maryland and National Institutes of Health have identified the microbial enzyme responsible for giving urine its yellow hue…
Jan 3, 2024
Earth & Environment
A new force of nature is reshaping this planet
Drawing together an array of interdisciplinary studies across archaeology, ecology, anthropology, and evolutionary theory, Erle Ellis, professor of geography…
Dec 15, 2023
Health
Flesh-eating bacteria spotted in Florida’s coastal waters following Hurricane Ian
When Hurricane Ian struck southwest Florida in September 2022, it unleashed a variety of Vibrio bacteria that can cause illness and death in humans, according to a new study published in the journal mBio.
Oct 16, 2023
Health
AI transformation of medicine: Why doctors are not prepared
As artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT find their way into everyday use, physicians will start to see these tools incorporated into their clinical practice to help them make important decisions on diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions.
Aug 5, 2023
Brain & Behavior
Brain Area Thought to Impart Consciousness, Behaves Instead Like an Internet Router
Tucked underneath the brain’s outer, wrinkly cortex is a deeply mysterious area, known as the claustrum.
Nov 14, 2022