Firefighters suit up expecting protection, but researchers have found cancer-linked chemicals hiding in plain sight on the very equipment meant to keep them safe.
Dec 30, 2025
People who lose their jobs often post about it before they file paperwork. They vent, ask connections for leads, or just announce they're unemployed.
Dec 30, 2025
Forensic investigators examining unidentified remains face a stubborn problem: traditional age markers fade or mislead.
Dec 30, 2025
Spacecraft assembly facilities at Kennedy Space Center are scrubbed to near-sterility, blasted with ultraviolet light, and flooded with industrial disinfectants.
Dec 29, 2025
About 20 percent of neurons in a learning brain seem to be doing something counterintuitive.
Dec 29, 2025
Electrical current flowing through a junction of vanadium and iron produces unusually loud static.
Dec 29, 2025
A woman prepares for her first child, tracking prenatal appointments and baby registries, only to learn her blood sugar numbers have landed her in a category she never anticipated: high-risk pregnancy.
Dec 29, 2025
Most treatments for diabetic kidney disease aim to slow decline. Improvement is rare.
Dec 29, 2025
Measuring the kinetic energy of a speeding car works because that value has a floor: it can't drop below zero.
Dec 29, 2025
The acrid smell of wildfire smoke is unmistakable. It stings the eyes, coats the lungs, and lingers for days after flames move on.
Dec 29, 2025
Here's something strange: Ohio State researchers had college students fill out a survey about whether they were having doubts about their biggest life goals.
Dec 29, 2025
Nearly two thirds of multiple sclerosis patients carrying high levels of a common oral bacterium have trouble walking.
Dec 29, 2025
About 1.2 billion light-years away, three supermassive black holes are throwing a cosmic banquet.
Dec 28, 2025
An email lands in your inbox. The tone is familiar, the phrasing matches your manager's style down to the occasional comma splice.
Dec 28, 2025
