In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may emerge to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect ...

An astrophysicist explores all that it took for life to exist on Earth, from the formation of stars to self-organizing ...

The Human Organ Atlas gives an extremely detailed look at 56 human organs, scanned with the help of a particle accelerator.

In 2018, New Jersey began limiting PFAS “forever chemicals” in drinking water. Levels of the regulated chemicals have dropped ...

Tracy Scott’s dad walked on the moon. Now, as a sociologist, she studies the lives and families of other Apollo-era ...

In "Compost after Reading," a history of how humans have managed the decomposition process to replenish soil through the ages ...

Recordings from a decades-long research project in Florida are helping scientists decode the complexity of dolphin whistles.

Extracting critical minerals from mining waste could ease global demand. Plus, states are moving to allow "plug-in solar" ...

Tracy Scott’s dad walked on the moon. Now, she studies the lives and families of other Apollo-era astronauts. Plus, ...

The domestication of dogs began approximately 30,000-50,000 years ago with Eurasian gray wolves, marking the first time any ...

Nearly every modern kitchen has a microwave oven. Since the first domestic Radar Range microwave was introduced 1967, people around the world have been heating up their leftovers, popping their ...