Docile raccoons are super learners and likely trashcan criminal masterminds

How biologists are making fieldwork safer and more equitable

Deepest scientific ocean drilling sheds light on Japan's next great earthquake

Experiences of racism must form part of evaluation of long-term impact of coronavirus social distancing, experts say

Convenience-store robberies: Understanding the dynamics of workplace violence can improve employee health and safety

AI-based screening method could boost speed of new drug discovery

Balanced fertilization: A fulcrum for sustainable production of maize and rice in Africa

Lab grows macroscale, modular materials from bacteria

Big planets get a head start in pancake-thin nurseries

Discovering sirtuin longevity proteins in early branches of animal life

2022 Arctic summer sea ice tied for 10th-lowest on record

NASA's Juno will perform close flyby of Jupiter's icy moon Europa

Alaska's newest lakes are belching methane

Scientists chip away at the mystery of how radiation weakens metal, one atom at a time

New glow-in-the-dark material can track path of drugs through the human body

Making butter-like spreads healthier

New eDNA method opens doors for environmental research

Biodegradable plastic mulch: A climate-smart agricultural practice

Brown carbon from aromatic pollutants is emitted during combustion and wildfires

Climate change is making lakes less blue

'Twisty' photons could turbocharge next-gen quantum communication

Steps for successfully growing sweet potatoes in Washington

Four new caladium cultivars for containers and landscapes

An integrated modeling framework to assess surface and ground water resources

The Purpose of Dolphins' Mysterious Brain Net May Finally Be Understood

A 'fourth dry year' likely in California, officials say

How global warming affects astronomical observations

Tonga volcano blast was unusual, could even warm the Earth

Study connects decomposing body's BMI to surrounding soil microbes

Assessing the potential activity of salen against proteins of SARS-CoV-2

Detailed insight into friction: How objects start to slide

Developing a key element for scalable quantum computers

Researchers use beams of muons to analyze the elemental composition of Asteroid Ryugu samples

More than one-tenth of the world's terrestrial genetic diversity may already be lost, study says

Termites may have a larger role in future ecosystems

Traditional computers can solve some quantum problems

Clarifying the chaos of narwhal behavior

Why whales don't get brain damage when they swim

Recent advances in solid-state NMR studies of zeolite catalysts

Recent advance in three-dimensional porous carbon materials for electromagnetic wave absorption

Developing ultracold circuits: Physicists set a new low-temperature record

Wildfire smoke is unraveling decades of air quality gains

How digital technologies and remote work affect well-being

Heat-resistant nanophotonic material could help turn heat into electricity

Explainer: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid

Cell Rover: Exploring and augmenting the inner world of a cell

Extreme Heat Saps Billions in Worker Productivity

Indoor air quality experiments show exposure risks while cooking, cleaning

'Twisty' photons could turbocharge next-gen quantum communication

Warming oceans are changing Australian reef fish populations

RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19

Study connects decomposing body's BMI to surrounding soil microbes

COVID-19 infections increase risk of long-term brain problems

Tiny swimming robots treat deadly pneumonia in mice

Accurate assessment of heart rhythm can optimize chemotherapy use

Study illuminates precancerous 'clonal outgrowth' in blood cells

Anthropogenic air pollution more significant than desert dust

The scourge of sexual violence in West Africa, unveiled

Hotel housing improves well-being of individuals experiencing homelessness

What if carbon border taxes applied to all carbon, and fossil fuels, too?

Reanalysis of data places new constraints on powerful extragalactic technosignatures

How to train doctors in a pandemic

Mediterranean Sea hit by marine heatwave

Study reveals past climate of Cape Town

Indoor air quality experiments show exposure risks while cooking, cleaning

A quarter of employees would rather quit than be forced back to the office

Q&A: Algorithm to serve as cryptography standard for quantum computing era

Researchers create synthetic rocks to better understand how increasingly sought-after rare earth elements form

Discovery exposes immune system's 'off button'

Six recent discoveries that have changed how we think about human origins

Conspiracy theories are dangerous even if they don't affect behavior

Governments' use of automated decision-making systems reflects systemic issues of injustice and inequality

Of working women in South Africa, 12% are domestic workers. Yet they don't receive proper maternity leave or pay

Looking back at America's summer of heat, floods and climate change: Welcome to the new abnormal

Being a librarian isn't just about books. It's about helping everyone get access to information and resources

When you're questioning your faith after being hurt by your religious community, here are three ways to cope

AlphaFold Developers Win $3-Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

Mixed cover crops capture carbon in soil, could help mitigate climate change

Synthesizing nanosized zeolites

What's behind the teacher shortage in US schools?

Microplastics found in commercial fish from southern New Zealand

African sleeping sickness: How the pathogen colonizes tsetse flies

New study reveals how E. coli cells evade antibacterial treatment

Moving mussels: New insights into shellfish farming

Hemp byproducts are good alternative feed for lambs, study finds

Scientists believe evolution could save coral reefs, if we let it

RNA-editing tool a fast, sensitive test for COVID-19

Warming oceans are changing Australian reef fish populations

Swimming nanorobots treat deadly pneumonia in mice

Anthropogenic air pollution impacts health and climate in the Middle East

Discovery challenges the recent re-interpretation of magma chambers

Atomically engineered interfaces improve electrostriction in an oxide material

Two weeks less snow on average recorded in mountain areas since 1982

Researchers map streamflow alterations to gauge human impact on ecosystems

Researchers answer fundamental question of quantum physics

Terahertz light from superconducting stripes

Computer simulations visualize how an essential stem cell protein opens wrapped DNA

What will replace climate warming HFCs in refrigerators and air conditioners?

A possible way to confer TR4 fungus resistance to Cavendish bananas

Babies react to taste and smell in the womb

Researchers create synthetic rocks to better understand how increasingly sought-after rare earth elements form

Astronomers detect hot gas bubble swirling around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

Groundbreaking discovery from South Africa challenges the recent re-interpretation of magma chambers

A sea change for plastic pollution: New material biodegrades in ocean water

Food for our guts: Human microbes feed on plant sugars

Ultracold circuits

Key element for a scalable quantum computer

Gene mutation discovered that causes language impairment, ADHD and myasthenia

Female Airbnb hosts earn thousands less per year than male hosts

New imaging technique could speed up development of eye disease treatments

Why do humans grow two sets of teeth? These marsupials are rewriting the story of dental evolution

From Canada to Europe, survey reveals the challenges facing women leaders

How to prepare for the next extreme heat wave now

Wrapping of nanosize copper cubes can help convert carbon dioxide into other chemicals

JPSS-2 begins launch processing

A sea change for plastic pollution: new material biodegrades in ocean water

'Toxic masculinity': what does it mean, where did it come from—and is the term useful or harmful?

Exploring carbon emissions in peatland restoration

Developing fluoroalkyl carbonates to make pharmaceutical and chemical industries cleaner and safer

Extra flavor and fraud prevention on the menu for Europe's beer and wine industries

Analyzing the structural microdiversity of lake bacterioplankton genomes

Large-area and high-precision fabrication of aspheric micro-lens array

Advanced multi-functional carbon dots in photoelectrochemistry-based energy conversion

Shaking the dinosaur family tree: How did 'bird-hipped' dinosaurs evolve?

Saudi Arabia plans to send female astronaut to space in 2023

2023 winners of Breakthrough Prizes unveiled

Activated carbon could lead to odorless diapers

3,000 years ago, human activity destroyed vegetation and irreparably damaged the Timna Valley environment

DeepMind’s new chatbot uses Google searches plus humans to give better answers

Sparkly Image of Neptune's Rings Comes into View from JWST

Food for our guts: Human microbes feed on plant sugars

Old genes keep sea anemones forever young

Manufacturing of quantum qubits connected with conventional computer devices

Tree species diversity enhances forest drought resistance

Researchers show that chiral oxide catalysts align electron spin

How Gaslighting Manipulates Reality

Astronomers detect hot gas bubble swirling around the Milky Way's supermassive black hole

Quantum Tech Titans Win Breakthrough Prize in Physics

Distantly related viruses share self-assembly mechanism

The Download: authoritarian tech, and tower-building drones

Little rodent, big appetite: Researchers identify the dietary impacts of invasive mice on the Farallon Islands

Female bighorn sheep with smaller horns are less reproductively fit, study finds

The First Lady of Engineering: Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 3, Episode 1

The no-tech way to preserve California's state grass

People of Color with Long COVID Face Uphill Battle to Be Heard

JWST's First Exoplanet Images Forecast a Bright Future

Gut microbiomes help bears with very different diets reach the same size

Whale strandings: Five questions answered

NASA says delayed Moon rocket passed fueling test

6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Mexico, 1 dead

Around 200 stranded whales die in pounding surf in Australia

Neural network speeds holographic image reconstruction for biological samples

Astronomers unveil new—and puzzling—features of mysterious fast radio bursts

The world is moving closer to a new cold war fought with authoritarian tech

Constraining the nucleon size with relativistic nuclear collisions

Researchers identify more possible entry points for COVID spike protein

Teams of sperm swim more smoothly against the current

Artificial intelligence tools quickly detect signs of injection drug use in patients' health records

New Webb image captures clearest view of Neptune's rings in decades

Two popular diabetes drugs outperformed others in large clinical trial

Cobalt-free cathode for lithium-ion batteries

Rooftop solar cells can be a boon for water conservation too

Smart microrobots walk autonomously with electronic 'brains'

Myths busted: New studies show telemedicine is effective, doesn't reduce access to care

Soft devices--powered by 'stressed' algae -- glow in the dark when squished or stretched

People who distrust fellow humans show greater trust in artificial intelligence

Sifting through cellular recycling centers

New research shows US Republican politicians increasingly spread news on social media from untrustworthy sources