Botanist John Torrey helped identify and name thousands of species. Now the New York Botanical Garden wants your help going through thousands of his papers documenting early American field expeditions and plant finds. ...read more
Pandemic does not equal panic. Here’s the science behind the term as the novel coronavirus starts spreading more widely in the United States. ...read more
A new study offers fresh hope in the decades-long quest to grow healthy and nutritious produce in orbit. By next year, NASA astronauts could be eating space-grown lettuce, tomatoes and peppers. ...read more
The name was chosen from 28,000 entries submitted by school children across the U.S. ...read more
A new study tested first-time computer code learners to see what skills predicted their success. They found that language abilities were more important than mathematical acumen. ...read more
Early proponents of genome sequencing made misleading predictions about its potential in medicine. ...read more
A new study reveals chemicals from cigarettes linger on a person’s clothes in higher amounts than we realized. As a result, nonsmokers are unknowingly being exposed to the toxins. ...read more
Two months of heavy rains — part of a pattern that spawned Tennessee's deadly tornadoes — have caused misery across the South. ...read more
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More and more people are singing the praises of eating one meal a day. But is this extreme form of intermittent fasting a healthy and effective way to lose weight? ...read more