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Chemistry

Ancient recipes helped scientists resurrect a long-lost blue hue

Led by medieval texts, scientists hunted down a plant and used its fruit to make a blue watercolor with mysterious origins.

By Carolyn WilkeMay 26, 2020

Physics

Let’s learn about bubbles

By Sarah ZielinskiMay 22, 2020

Animals

Traces from nuclear-weapons tests offer clues to whale sharks’ ages

By Maria TemmingMay 20, 2020

Earth

Environment

Fossil fuels appear to release far more methane than we thought

Ice cores reveal less methane than expected. This suggests today’s fossil fuel industry is responsible for nearly all of the methane emissions from natural sources today.

By Carolyn GramlingMay 29, 2020

Science & Society

CO₂ emissions have nosedived as COVID-19 keeps people home

By Carolyn GramlingMay 27, 2020

Environment

Pesticides can have long-term impact on bumblebee learning

By Alison Pearce StevensMay 18, 2020

Humans

Humans

Skeletons hint that ancient societies had women warriors

Some women in North American hunter-gatherer societies and Mongolian herding groups may have been warriors.

By Bruce BowerMay 28, 2020

Tech

Our gut microbes love a good workout

By Silke SchmidtMay 21, 2020

Tech

Sweat tech alerts athletes when to rehydrate — and with what

By Silke SchmidtMay 21, 2020

Life

Chemistry

Ancient recipes helped scientists resurrect a long-lost blue hue

Led by medieval texts, scientists hunted down a plant and used its fruit to make a blue watercolor with mysterious origins.

By Carolyn WilkeMay 26, 2020

Animals

Traces from nuclear-weapons tests offer clues to whale sharks’ ages

By Maria TemmingMay 20, 2020

Animals

Let’s learn about domestic cats

By Sarah ZielinskiMay 19, 2020

Math

Tech

Why sports are becoming all about numbers — lots and lots of numbers

Sports once focused on muscles, skill and tactics. Now math is becoming almost as important. It helps assess players — and improve their tools.

By Silke SchmidtMay 21, 2020

Math

Lack of diversity in his field has troubled this mathematician

By Esther LandhuisApril 14, 2020

Physics

Try This: Walking on water with science

By Bethany BrookshireApril 2, 2020

Physics

Physics

Scientists Say: Momentum

This word describes a property of a moving object based on its mass and the direction and speed of its motion.

By Carolyn WilkeMay 25, 2020

Physics

Let’s learn about bubbles

By Sarah ZielinskiMay 22, 2020

Earth

Did rain put the Kilauea volcano’s lava-making into overdrive?

By Megan SeverMay 15, 2020

Science & Society

Humans

Skeletons hint that ancient societies had women warriors

Some women in North American hunter-gatherer societies and Mongolian herding groups may have been warriors.

By Bruce BowerMay 28, 2020

Science & Society

Space

Tech

Our gut microbes love a good workout

By Silke SchmidtMay 21, 2020

Tech

Sweat tech alerts athletes when to rehydrate — and with what

By Silke SchmidtMay 21, 2020

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Topics

Chemistry

Ancient recipes helped scientists resurrect a long-lost blue hue

Let’s learn about bubbles

Traces from nuclear-weapons tests offer clues to whale sharks’ ages

Earth

Fossil fuels appear to release far more methane than we thought

CO₂ emissions have nosedived as COVID-19 keeps people home

Pesticides can have long-term impact on bumblebee learning

Humans

Skeletons hint that ancient societies had women warriors

Our gut microbes love a good workout

Sweat tech alerts athletes when to rehydrate — and with what

Life

Ancient recipes helped scientists resurrect a long-lost blue hue

Traces from nuclear-weapons tests offer clues to whale sharks’ ages

Let’s learn about domestic cats

Math

Why sports are becoming all about numbers — lots and lots of numbers

Lack of diversity in his field has troubled this mathematician

Try This: Walking on water with science

Physics

Scientists Say: Momentum

Let’s learn about bubbles

Did rain put the Kilauea volcano’s lava-making into overdrive?

Science & Society

Skeletons hint that ancient societies had women warriors

CO₂ emissions have nosedived as COVID-19 keeps people home

Our gut microbes love a good workout

Space

Let’s learn about Jupiter

Scientists Say: Quasar

Lack of diversity in his field has troubled this mathematician

Tech

Why sports are becoming all about numbers — lots and lots of numbers

Our gut microbes love a good workout

Sweat tech alerts athletes when to rehydrate — and with what