Science & Society
It’s ‘personal.’ What the Stand Up for Science rally meant for attendees
Stand Up for Science rallies in Washington, D.C., and across the United States drew crowds of people worried about cuts to scientific funding.
Measuring progress in health care AI performance relies heavily on question-answer tests, researchers argue, and not enough on evaluating real-world medical tasks.
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Generations of fishers in southern Brazil take their net-casting cues from dolphins, which herd fish toward shore. By working together, both species benefit by catching more fish.
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Jupiter’s moon Io, seen here in a photo from the Galileo spacecraft, is the most volcanically active body in the solar system.
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Green sea turtles are laying their eggs earlier in the season to cope with warming temperatures, a new study shows.
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The Athena lander, built by Texas company Intuitive Machines, orbited the moon ahead of its attempt to land on March 6.
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Labradors with a higher genetic risk for obesity are more likely to seek out food, a new study finds.
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Clapping hands spew out a jet of air, visualized here by baby powder. That jet helps explain the sweet sound of applause.
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A trio of catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles, including the Eaton Fire shown here, have killed dozens and leveled entire neighborhoods. Survivors need psychological and logistic support to mitigate long-term psychological distress, experts say.
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As a participant in a study, Jon Nelson uses a remote to record his brain signals for scientists to study.
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Jon Nelson had lost interest in having his friends over to sit around his fire pit. But DBS, he hoped, would bring that energy back.
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A large measles outbreak in Texas demonstrates how quickly the disease can spread when too few people are vaccinated. This warning sign greets patients at an Odessa, Texas, medical clinic.
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After years of unsuccessful treatments, deep brain stimulation helped pull Amanda out of depression.
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This coral polyp lives as a loner and can even — very slowly — walk. Without legs. New video reveals details of its locomotion.
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In the 19th century, tuberculosis surged through Europe in a deadly epidemic. A new book recounts how aerobiology, the study of life in the air, illuminated the disease’s airborne transmission.
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Egg cells are many times the size of sperm, as shown in this illustration of fertilization. Some people, including President Trump, say people’s sexes should be defined by the size of the reproductive cells they make.
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Large-scale fog water harvesting has the potential to relieve water stress at Alto Hospicio, a fast-growing city in Chile’s Atacama Desert, researchers say.
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Mher Khachatryan observes the sky near Yerevan, Armenia. His telescope links him to a global network of hobby astronomers whose coordinated observations help track exoplanets, comets and asteroids.
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Bacterial vaginosis often returns after treatment. A new clinical trial suggests treating the woman plus her male partner may help prevent the syndrome from recurring.
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Despite more than a dozen atmospheric rivers pummeling California with epic rainfall early in 2023, drought-ravaged aquifers there still didn’t get fully recharged. Water vapor for one of those atmospheric rivers is depicted in shades of teal.
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Married U.S. women still spend more time on housework than married men. But the gender gap in time spent on traditionally feminine chores, such as cleaning and laundry, is shrinking.
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