The Perseids are a favorite meteor shower of many Northern Hemisphere skywatchers, especially during the mild summer nights of August. But if you can’t get outside or if you’re clouded out, you can ...

An immunologist who's been on both sides of vaccine hesitancy talks about what drives it, what gets missed, and how to build ...

At the peak of linguistic diversity, humans may have spoken up to 10 times as many languages as we do today. An immunologist who’s been on both sides of vaccine hesitancy talks about what drives it, ...

When I started running, each time was a trial. Since then, I have run hundreds of miles on paved roads and dirt trails. I love the crunch of gravel or the bounce of pine needles under my feet, ...

“Body Electric” examines what technology and screens are doing to our minds and bodies, and how we can reclaim our well-being. The following is an excerpt from “Body Electric: The Hidden Health Costs ...

A total solar eclipse is visible from Earth about once every 18 months. You might be thinking, “That sounds pretty often, shouldn’t I have seen one by now?” But the path of totality—the narrow strip ...

Modern life involves a lot of sitting and staring at screens, and that takes a toll. Can moving for 5 minutes make a difference? Plus, DNA signatures of plant and animal species remain behind even ...

What do the hydrodynamics of insect pee, $1 hearing aids, and squid robots have in common? A lab organized around curiosity, ...

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland recounts her unconventional path into politics in a new book. And she tells us why ...

DNA signatures of plant and animal species remain behind even after they’ve been eaten, digested, excreted, and flushed down the toilet.

How our scientific perspective of a bay changes when language frames it as a verb—to be a bay—instead of a noun. The following is an excerpt from of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific ...

[For more information on eclipses, you can take a look at our picture guide.] But what if you don’t have eclipse glasses? No worries, you can appreciate this solar phenomenon using some simple ...