(via Kurzgesagt) Most of the universe is not made of stars, galaxies, or beautiful glowing nebulae. Instead, the majority of it is what seems to be vast, silent emptiness. Huge cosmic voids stretching ...

A new kind of blood test promises to find cancer early – sometimes even before symptoms appear. The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at ...

Why are stop lights red? The common explanation about red light traveling farther through fog is actually wrong. The real story involves early railroads, deadly accidents, an exploding gas traffic ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles ...

From the non-bubonic plague that killed a Welsh king, to the deadliest pestilence in 16th century Mexico, to a pandemic we're ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles ...

You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English natu ...

An international team of researchers has uncovered a remarkable molecular trick used by a unique group of land plants, one that could eventually be engineered into crops like wheat and rice to dramati ...

Magnetic materials in a quantum spin liquid phase are of great interest in the pursuit of exotic state of matter and quantum computation. But in the quantum realm, things are not always what they seem ...

The Big Bang Theory is nearly perfect, except for one glaring problem - where is all the lithium? According to the theory predictions there should be over three times as much lithium i ...

For children with gender dysphoria, gender-affirming medical care can alter the rest of their lives. Thus, it is vitally important that this care be solidly grounded in evidence and ...

For children with gender dysphoria, gender-affirming medical care can alter the rest of their lives. Thus, it is vitally important that this care be solidly grounded in evidence and delivered in a way ...