A pediatric urologist explains how the bladder and the brain communicate to wake you up when you need to ‘go’ – and how that communication might break down.
Some animals, including goats, regularly give birth to two babies at once.
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An ophthalmologist explains how important tears are to keeping your eyes feeling good and working well – whether you’re on dry land or swimming in a body of water.
For decades, what lay at the end of this road was a mysterious secret.
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You’re not allowed to visit the part of Nevada known as Area 51. That’s because it’s a top-secret government facility. But the secrecy has to do with spy planes, not space aliens.
Between 2012 and 2021, funding to U.S. tech startups jumped to $344 billion.
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Some people incorrectly say the Moon landings didn’t happen. But the evidence – and logic – isn’t on their side.
Voters often believe they only have two choices in American elections, even when multiple candidates appear on a ballot.
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You can squash small bugs by stepping on them, but can you crush even tinier microorganisms like viruses and bacteria? It turns out that you’d need to apply a lot of pressure.
Without spices, our meals would have less color and flavor.
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Maybe it was a nuclear war, devastating climate change, or a killer virus. But if something caused people to disappear, imagine what would happen afterward.
The Rose-veiled fairy wrasse, a small reef fish discovered in 2022.
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A researcher who studies ways to help students become better readers and writers describes how to create a homework habit using a loop: cue, routine, reward.
The Jharia coal field in India has been on fire underground since 1916.
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