Tag: science

This article was originally featured on KHN. California and New York are on the cusp of going further than the FDA in restricting the sale of non-prescription diet pills to ...

Two big players in computing and research are trying to lay the groundwork for a future quantum internet. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is teaming up with Harvard University to test ...

At 49 Black Sand Beach, in Honoka‘ope Bay, Hawai‘i, a strange, moat-ringed mound sits in the middle of the beach. This tiny island, made of sand piled about half a meter ...

Covid-19 affected people and the planet in myriad ways, but one impact set to long outlive most of us who survived the pandemic is the plastic waste it generated. A ...

On August 24, the Department of Defense announced it would be sending anti-drone weapons called VAMPIREs to Ukraine. The announcement of the VAMPIRE came in a larger, nearly $3 billion ...

LunaH-Map team (L-R) Joe DuBois, Tyler O'Brien, Nathaniel Streubel, Craig Hardgrove (NASA Principal Investigator). Credit: ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration The Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper (LunaH-Map) mission is ...

Psilocybin, the psychedelic compound that causes the trippy effects of magic mushrooms, could help people with alcohol use disorder drink less and potentially quit altogether. A new clinical study published ...

A strong defense against online misinformation may be to administer a digital vaccine: Exposing yourself to common deception methods may help you recognize sensationalized headlines, misleading TikToks, or social media ...

Although the World Health Organization has labeled the latest monkeypox outbreak a global emergency, vaccination and treatment options continue to be scarce in the US. Many infected people have been ...

You probably don’t think twice about chewing, but scientists now say the evolution of chewing could have played a major role in how humans evolved over time. A new study ...