Nancy Shute reviews new research in static electricity and other science revelations in our September magazine issue.

In fall of 2025, the Trump administration touted the drug leucovorin for autism therapy without new evidence. Dispensing of ...

A sound wave–based therapy commonly used to dislodge kidney stones is gaining traction as a treatment for erectile ...

Bacteria may build a memory of herbivore attack in the soil and coax new plants to attract wasps to rein in destructive pests ...

Scientists are largely clueless about the origins of static electricity. A quirky group of researchers aims to change that.

Scientists used fiber-optic cables to turn “thunderquakes” into underground maps that could help reveal hidden hazards ...

The star passes very close to the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole and could reveal the black hole’s spin by tracking how ...

A study of 143 piercing tools, from tusks to love darts, finds they trade off piercing ability for durability. And no one ...

Long-clawed shrews’ snouts temporarily grow larger in the winter. This skull reshaping may be an extreme survival strategy in ...

Becoming a king of lions is as dramatic in real life as it is in the movies. A new four-part documentary series, Lion, ...

In early trials, a new vaccine that didn’t require refrigeration still protected against tetanus and diphtheria.

Genetic screening that identifies cancer-linked mutations in newborns could give doctors a head start on treatment, but it ...