We are three pediatric infectious disease specialists who live and work in West Virginia. The West Virginia University health system serves 400,000 children and according to...
Every good story deserves a sequel – and the strange white cloud spotted above an extinct Martian volcano back in 2018 just got one, because the...
Here's the story – our protagonist rewinds history, locates baby Hitler, and averts global war by putting him on a path to peace … but, oh...
Away from the glare of civilisation's blinding lights, an unimpeded view of the night sky makes you feel like you're standing on the shores of eternity....
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious stream of ancient stars at the distant edges of the galaxy: a strange stellar breed so unlike any we've seen before,...
Not all ice ages are equally brutal. In the most extreme glaciation events known to science, ice stretches out from Earth's polar regions and extends all...
Scientists have developed an experimental device and protocol for manipulating the content of people's dreams while they are sleeping, by making them recall specific cues that...
As deadly bacteria grow ever more resistant to modern antibiotics, some researchers have turned to ancient medical manuscripts for clues. And it looks like a medieval salve...
For the first time, scientists have observed that 'megaripples' on Mars – huge sand waves seen on the Martian surface – are moving structures, and not...
There's no denying we're in a weird, unprecedented and rapidly changing time – both for science and more generally for society.