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Stopping menopausal hormones may require more bone monitoring

Women who have just stopped menopausal hormone therapy might have a small increased risk of bone fractures...

The sugar substitute sucralose makes immunotherapy less effective

Patients with certain types of cancers who consume sucralose, found in the artificial sweetener Splenda, respond worse...

Central American Beaches Are Being Overrun With Local and Foreign Plastic

A Powerade bottle from 2001 was found on Yaya, a Peruvian beach south of Lima. A Coca-Cola...

An AI Model for the Brain Is Coming to the ICU

The Cleveland Clinic is partnering with San Francisco–based startup Piramidal to develop a large-scale AI model that...

Scientists re-create a legendary golden fabric from clam waste

Shimmering like spun gold, sea silk fabric is so lustrous that some believe it inspired the Greek...

Dinosaur teeth reveal some were picky eaters

Some dinosaurs were fussy eaters. Certain herbivorous dinosaurs preferred specific parts of plants, challenging long-standing assumptions about...

The Black Market for Fake Science Is Growing Faster Than Legitimate Research, Study Warns

A new study by researchers at Northwestern University has set off alarm bells about the future of...

This New Pyramid-Like Shape Always Lands With the Same Side Up

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.In 360 BC, Plato envisioned the cosmos as...

Private Companies Are Now Gathering Weather Data for NOAA

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.When staffing...

See how aerosols loft through Earth’s sky

The sky abounds with aerosols, tiny particles with large sway over Earth’s temperature. A new NASA visualization...

How flossing a mouse’s teeth could lead to a new kind of vaccine

Bioengineer Rohan Ingrole needed to floss a mouse’s teeth. The intent wasn’t to help mice get a...

Squashing the spotted lanternfly problem may require enlisting other species

A beautiful menace is on the move in the United States. Polka-dotted, red-and-gray-winged insects are gliding along...
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