Science

The viruses of cold and flu season are upon us, and in us, where they’re causing misery upon misery. But…

United by FireDenver Museum of Nature & ScienceAvailable wherever you get your podcasts For hundreds of millions of years, wildfires…

An undiscovered population of ancient black holes may be lurking throughout the universe. These bottomless cosmic pits would have a…

The year is 2015. “Mad scientist” Doc Brown has just brought wide-eyed teenager Marty McFly to the future in style:…

It’s all relative Betelgeuse may have a sun-sized companion starthat orbits it about once every 2,100 days, astronomy writer Lisa…

It’s official: The year 2024 was indeed the hottest on record. It was also the first year in recorded history…

Citations S.A. Shah et al. Use of artificial intelligence–based detection of diabetic retinopathy in the US. JAMA Ophthalmology. Vol. 142,…

Shadows into LightTheresa S. BetancourtHarvard Univ., $35 For more than two decades, Theresa S. Betancourt has followed the lives of…

Recovery from PTSD comes with key changes in the brain’s memory system, a new study finds. These differences were found…

The demise of most of Australia’s kangaroo species by 40,000 years ago may have had less to do with climate-caused…

Unusually dry conditions and hurricane-force seasonal winds are fueling multiple fast-moving and destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County. Gusts that…

Supercell thunderstorms are known for their devastatingly gnarly tornadoes, but exactly how the twisters form is poorly understood. A new…