Growing up multiracial in the 1990s, Gabriel "Joey" Merrin regularly encountered demographic forms that forced an impossible choice: Pick one box. Deny the others. "That act of being forced to choose, ...

Scientists at the University of Maryland have created Smart Underwear, the first wearable device designed to measure human flatulence. By tracking hydrogen in flatus, the device helps scientists ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Alex DeJong, IPM manager at The Perennial Farm, began using a DJI Agras drone sprayer at the nursery and worked it into their existing IPM strategy.

New forms of fentanyl are created every day. For law enforcement, that poses a challenge: How do you identify a chemical you've never seen before? Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ...

The president’s recent push to send federal health care dollars directly to individuals, rather than insurers, reflects a broader demand for transparency ...

A study in California finds that even small increases in EV adoption lead to measurable drops in neighborhood-level air pollution.

Scientists used the April 2024 solar eclipse to show how animals adjust their behavior when daylight suddenly disappears.

Meteorological tsunamis, or meteotsunamis, are long ocean waves in the tsunami frequency band that are generated by traveling ...

How can we tell if a depression treatment works beyond placebo? A new real-world method measuring placebo shows that expectation matters, but cognitive change matters far more.

Researchers want help from ice fishers and others who go onto frozen lakes to collect crucial data, which could improve ice forecasting on the Great Lakes. Scientists are asking for help from the ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...