Two cicada broods on 13- and 17-year cycles coincide this spring, meaning trillions of buzzing insects across the South and ...

For her new book, Aarathi Prasad spent years researching the past and future of silk—and even grew her own silkworms.

Now, almost 30,000 homes and businesses have had their water lines replaced, but 1,900 others have still not been reviewed.

Researchers are trying to develop a better picture of what’s happening in the regions closest to a black hole’s event horizon ...

Bonobos are a species of great ape, along with gorillas, orangutans, and chimpanzees. Over the years, they’ve gained a ...

Scientists are adding sensors to an underwater cable network to monitor changes in the ocean and quickly detect earthquakes ...

An array of new products monitors users’ brain waves using caps or headbands. That neural data has few privacy protections.

A lab at Gallaudet University is creating television shows with signing characters to increase literacy in both English and ASL.

Silk: A World History” describes the unique qualities of silk that make it a sustainable material with a wide variety of ...

Visual artist Todd Gilens created a walkable poem along Reno’s Truckee River that draws parallels between urbanism and stream ...

An explosion of research is painting a clearer picture of how climate change is affecting mental health across the globe.

In a recent outbreak of avian flu, the virus has jumped from birds to cows, and to one dairy worker. A disease ecologist ...