Tag: Science

Superstitions linger into the modern era, in part, because they may be holdovers from a time when they provided a measure of protection from predators and other mortal dangers

You can thank yeast and bacteria cultivated over generations for the distinctive taste and smell of the oldest leavened bread in history

Black Americans face higher hurdles in diagnosis and treatment of frontotemporal dementia, the most common form of dementia for people under 60

The solar system’s outer limits aren’t as clear-cut as you might think

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The hit sci-fi show’s adviser and two other researchers discuss its portrayal of scientists and their technologies

When poet Jessy Randall saw that so many female scientists weren’t getting their due, she got mad. And then she decided to write poems for as many as she could

Researchers say this may be the first observation of a nonhuman animal purposefully treating a wound with a medicinal plant

Domain walls, long a divisive topic in physics, may be ideal explanations for some bizarre cosmic quirks

Famine is affecting an increasing number of people in Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, and its development follows a clear pattern