(via SciShow) Are you old enough for your childhood to be filled with the threat of acid rain? Are you now thinking "Wait, why haven't I heard about the threat of acid rain in forever?". Well it's ...

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or whether ...

Many grooves and dimples on the surface of the brain are unique to humans, but they’re often dismissed as an uninteresting ...

Lightning is a phenomenon that has fascinated humanity since time immemorial, providing a stark example of the power and ...

We’ve all felt the sting of guilt when fruit and vegetables go bad before we could eat them. Now, researchers from MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have sho ...

Many atheists consider themselves to be highly rational people who rate evidence and analytical thinking above religion, ...

Across the globe, water scarcity is no longer a distant concern—it’s a present and growing crisis. Today, more than 2.3 ...

Cats have a long history with humans, going back more than 9,000 years. Attracted to human settlements by the rodents that plagued (sometimes literally) our ancestors, cats ...

A new study shows that our ability to recall details about familiar objects, like a banana’s typical color, depends on strong ...

Sets of metabolites found in blood and urine reliably correspond with how much energy from ultra-processed food a person ...

By combining information from many large datasets, MIT researchers have identified several new potential targets for treating ...

The Three Mile Island nuclear generating station experienced disaster in 1979, then shutdown in 2019. Today, the plant is scheduled for an unprecedented restart in 2028. Thanks to Micr ...