Ditches and canals are the underdog of the freshwater world. These human-made waterways are often forgotten, devalued and ...

Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

Behind acts of road rage or incivility are a desperate need to matter to other people, says Jennifer Breheny Wallace in her ...

For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their behavior.

Schools are usually built where children can easily reach them, but one school broke all the rules. Hidden high above sea ...

For more than a decade, Daniel Garza had been urging others to keep an eye on their health. The actor had no idea he was at ...

Most days, our bodies are just there—mundane vessels we inhabit on autopilot. We wake up, get on with our routines, eat, sleep, repeat. But the moment you actually stop and think about what’s ...

A Black female doctor when that was rare, she developed a diagnostic test for the disease that is still a standard tool, as ...

In "Friction," tribologist Jennifer Vail shows how the fundamental force that resists motion keeps driving us forward.

A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and blood-vessel function in 3D.

Researchers have developed a new method for 3D printing objects with very different properties, including levels of hardness ...