SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

A pair of male lions that roamed Kenya more than a century ago gained notoriety as the “man-eaters of Tsavo.” To be sure, the big cats hunted and ate people building a local railway. But a novel DNA analysis...

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NASA/ISSHurricanes Helene and Milton – which have devastated parts of the south-east United States – have bookended an exceptionally busy period of tropical storms.In less than two weeks, five hurricanes formed, which is not far off what the Atlantic...

When a supermassive black hole consumes a star, it doesn’t just swallow it whole. It shreds the star, ripping it apart bit by bit before consuming the remains. It’s a messy process known as a tidal disruption event (TDE)....

SpaceX has had a Starship ready and waiting for its fifth test flight since August, and now the company...

We may earn a commission from links on this page.Our homes are supposed to be safe havens, but there are a number of ways your house might be negatively impacting your health. Indoor air quality—which can sometimes be significantly...

About 23 million U.S. households depend on private wells as their primary drinking water source. These homeowners are entirely responsible for ensuring that the water from their wells is safe for human consumption.Multiple studies...

The U.S. Supreme Court will test how flexible the EPA and states can be in regulating water pollution under the Clean Water Act when it hears oral argument in City and County of San Francisco...

Novel magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive way of stimulating parts of the brain, paving...

A classical way to image nanoscale structures in cells is with high-powered, expensive super-resolution microscopes. As an...