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‘A silent pandemic’: How Japan is curbing antibiotic resistance, $5 at a timeThis is the third story in a series about antibiotic use in Japan and…
One of the ocean’s most intelligent and aggressive predators has once again surprised scientists with a curious new behavior. In the Gulf of California, researchers witnessed…
The face of a young woman crowned with a laurel wreath, buried in elaborate clothing and unusual cork sandals, has appeared nearly 1,700 years after her…
There’s nothing more disorienting than falling asleep in transit only to wake up and find you’ve somehow drifted billions of miles beyond the orbit of Pluto.Fortunately…
Scientists have discovered how mice survive at extreme altitudes on the tips of icy dormant volcanoes in the Andes.The area where the mice call home extends…
Inca boys and girls chosen for human sacrifice trekked through Inca communities for thousands of miles on sacred pilgrimages before their ritual deaths, often near high…
Astronauts have grown a common crystal in space — but this extraterrestrial version is exhibiting a very uncommon behavior. Under a microscope, the crystal looks more…
Fifty years after Southern California’s Salton Sea formed due to an engineering mishap in 1905, the giant salt lake became a booming vacation destination. Nicknamed the…
The patient: A 6-year-old boy in the NetherlandsThe symptoms: The child was receiving a blood transfusion as a treatment for lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of blood…
Science word of the day: AbiogenesisPronunciation: Ay-bye-oh-JEN’-ih-sisWhat it means: Abiogenesis is the emergence of life from nonliving matter through chemical processes. Scientists still don’t know exactly…
