These are the health effects of tear gas

Tear gas can kill, but exposure can also cause chronic respiratory difficulty and severe eye injuries for months and potentially years after

Dan Samorodnitsky, Senior Editor

April 12, 2021

Denisovans left their DNA traces in humans, but their fossils remain elusive

Amanda Rossillo, Duke University

April 12, 2021

Scientists have figured out what a nasty gut bacterium eats. Can live biotherapeutics help?

Madeline Barron, University of Michigan

April 11, 2021

The muon g-2 experiment might mean the Standard Model of physics is incomplete, but that's just the beginning

Katherine McCormick, University of Washington

April 11, 2021

Researchers identify a bacterium that enables its host to breathe nitrate instead of oxygen

Irene Zhang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

April 10, 2021

The less you know about a piece of art, the more impact it might make on you emotionally

Fulvia Del Duca, Technical University of Munich

April 9, 2021

Neuroscience has a part in why you're playing Taylor Swift's songs on repeat

Sarah Anderson, Northwestern University

April 8, 2021

People with immune systems primed to fend off bacteria are more susceptible to a common virus

Hazel Walker, University of Cambridge

April 8, 2021

People of the Tiahuanaco civilization engineered their own rocks to build temples and monuments

Maria Teresa Cardozo Robles , Geology

April 7, 2021

When can kids get the COVID-19 vaccine? A pediatrician answers parent questions

Hang in there, parents – vaccines for children are in the works

James B. Wood, Indiana University School of Medicine

April 6, 2021

New earthquake-detecting app may give people more time to evacuate

Kristen Vogt Veggeberg, University of Illinois at Chicago

April 6, 2021

Uranus emits extra x-rays, and scientists don't know why

Briley Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles

April 4, 2021

Over-the-counter COVID tests are coming sooner rather than later

Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News

April 2, 2021

Weeding out non-native strawberry guava keeps a flying fox, and the crops it feeds on, out of harm's way

Eva Colberg, University of Missouri - St. Louis

March 30, 2021

The Ever Given and the physics of big ships clogged the Suez Canal

Margaux Lopez, Vera C. Rubin Observatory

March 28, 2021

Ocean heatwaves like "The Blob" cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems

Keira Monuki, University of California, Davis

March 28, 2021

Paw hygiene is no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals – they’re cleaner than people’s shoes

Joris Wijnker, Utrecht University

Paul Overgaauw, Utrecht University

March 27, 2021

A decoy may be the key to developing a vaccine against a deadly bioweapon

Amanda Rossillo, Duke University

March 25, 2021

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