When a fire burns in an urban area, it unleashes a slurry of chemicals. Scientists are trying to untangle the chemistry at play. Plus, early analysis of asteroid samples from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission shows the residue of an icy brine and a soup of amino acids.

Nov 15, 2024 · Medical historian Dr. Elsa Richardson discusses the changing cultural and scientific understandings of the gut. Plus, a “one-of-a-kind” fossil helps fill a giant gap in scientists’ understanding of how bird brains evolved. And, walking pneumonia typically affects school-age kids, but the CDC reports a rise in cases in children aged 2-4.

Jan 3, 2025 · Credit: Image collage made with Shutterstock, Canva, and Business Wire. Each year, the journalists at the MIT Technology Review publish a list of 10 breakthrough technologies: these are things poised to hit a tipping point, and potentially change the way the world works.. Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence remains a big breakthrough.

Feb 9, 2024 · Credit: Shutterstock and photo artwork by Emma Gometz As frivolous as it may sound, the use of trash talk has a long, hilarious history that dates back to the Bible and the Homeric poems. Fundamentally, this insult-slinging is the presentation of a challenge, and it’s found its way into sports, politics, and even cutthroat family board game nights.

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Sep 27, 2024 · The study authors measured the relative scale and spacing of the whirling brush strokes in Van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” along with variances in luminance of the paint to see if the laws that apply in the physics of real skies apply in the painting.

Nov 24, 2023 · Jane Goodall in Sashegy, Budapest, in 2019. Credit: Shutterstock Few living scientists are as iconic as Dr. Jane Goodall. The legendary primatologist spent decades working with chimpanzees in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park.

Oct 4, 2024 · Dr. Williams with a patient undergoing TMS treatment for depression. Credit: Stanford Brain Stimulation Lab. As the surgeon general has stated, we are in a mental health crisis.Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. And a major challenge is that depression can be difficult to treat, especially for people who don’t respond well to talk therapy or antidepressants.

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Jul 26, 2024 · Professor Y. Shirley Meng of the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering. Image courtesy of Dr. Y. Shirley Meng. If nations are to meet their sustainable energy goals, experts argue that batteries will be a crucial part of the equation.