Extracting critical minerals from mining waste could ease global demand. Plus, states are moving to allow "plug-in solar" ...

The Human Organ Atlas gives an extremely detailed look at 56 human organs, scanned with the help of a particle accelerator.

In 2018, New Jersey began limiting PFAS “forever chemicals” in drinking water. Levels of the regulated chemicals have dropped ...

Inventor Simone Giertz rose to YouTube fame with comically bad robots. Now she designs comically useful objects for our very ...

Tracy Scott’s dad walked on the moon. Now, she studies the lives and families of other Apollo-era astronauts. Plus, ...

Tracy Scott’s dad walked on the moon. Now, as a sociologist, she studies the lives and families of other Apollo-era ...

Recordings from a decades-long research project in Florida are helping scientists decode the complexity of dolphin whistles.

In "Compost after Reading," a history of how humans have managed the decomposition process to replenish soil through the ages ...

The domestication of dogs began approximately 30,000-50,000 years ago with Eurasian gray wolves, marking the first time any ...

Nearly every modern kitchen has a microwave oven. Since the first domestic Radar Range microwave was introduced 1967, people around the world have been heating up their leftovers, popping their ...

Researchers are investigating whether GLP-1 drugs could be used to treat addiction disorders, following patient reports of reduced cravings.

Erik Aadahl, the sound designer behind “Project Hail Mary” and 2014’s “Godzilla,” uses his background in biology to bring ...