While Trump administration cuts have contributed to the epidemic of foodborne illnesses this summer, there are also deeper issues that make the American food supply chain susceptible to parasites and bacteria outbreaks.
A growing body of research shows that wildfires now pose a significant health risk to those living in cities.
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the northern hemisphere).
After funding struggles and a name change, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been successfully launched. It will now make a three-month, one-million-mile journey to its orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) beyond the Moon. From this vantage point, Roman will conduct an unprecedented survey of the universe. Its field of view […]
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has launched aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket, beginning a mission to map billions of galaxies and hunt for new worlds.
The discovery redefines how large atoms need to be to produce the extreme state of matter found in the early universe.
Humans are the only primate whose breasts stay permanently enlarged. Here’s what the fat, the hormones and the research actually say about why they stay.
NASA’s Roman telescope launches Aug. 30. We narrate human spaceflight as a journey with a destination. Space science deserves the same story.
Astronomers will test equipment that, if it’s successful, will one day be crucial for discovering Earthlike planets.
Psychedelics are often associated with disconnecting from reality, but a recent neuroimaging study found that psilocybin can actually make our brain activity more connected to the world around us.