A new “evidence-based nature prescription program” will see patients spending time in the woods.
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“Our mission is to completely replace the use of animals as a food technology by 2035,” said Patrick O. Brown at the 2020 Web Summit.
First picture of worldwide bee distribution fills knowledge gaps and may help protect species.
Is Bitcoin akin to ‘digital gold’?
Singapore has approved the sale of a lab-grown meat product in an effort to secure its food supplies against disease and climate change.
Smiling makes us feel happier. If you strike a superhero pose, you’ll feel more assertive and confident in your abilities. We all have a limited pool of self-control that can […]
And can scientists even agree on what ‘nothing’ means? The more curious we get about the great cosmic unknowns, the more unanswered questions our investigations of the Universe will reveal. […]
A new study finds that some people just want privacy.
Mice will even run on a wheel in nature. Pheromones help inspire that behavior.
Researchers dramatically improve the accuracy of a number that connects fundamental forces.
Scientists at Washington University are patenting a new electrolyzer designed for frigid Martian water.
Pfizer’s vaccine needs to be kept at -100°F until it’s administered. Can caregivers deliver?
If you forgot to defrost your turkey, definitely don’t put it in a deep fryer. Every year, households all across the United States face a troubling dilemma with no good solutions: […]
Psychedelic therapy will become legal in Oregon in 2023. That’s thanks largely to a renaissance of psychedelic research that’s changing attitudes on the substances’ medical potential.
Britons could start receiving the vaccine within days.
A clever new design introduces a way to image the vast ocean floor.
How many potentially habitable planets are there? We sincerely don’t know. One of the most compelling scientific goals humanity has set for itself is to find extraterrestrial life: biological activity originating […]
Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope facilitated important scientific discoveries while inspiring young scientists and the public imagination.
The Google-owned company developed a system that can reliably predict the 3D shapes of proteins.
See the most detailed survey of the southern sky ever carried out using radio waves.
There’s more light than we can account for, and we’ve just measured it robustly for the first time. When we look out at the darkest night skies available on Earth, even […]
A new study shows our planet is much closer to the supermassive black hole at the galaxy’s center than previously estimated.
What is human dignity? Here’s a primer, told through 200 years of great essays, lectures, and novels.
Apple sold its first iPod in 2001, and six years later it introduced the iPhone, which ushered in a new era of personal technology.
Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.
A biologist-reporter investigates his fungal namesake.
Every organization needs the capacity to generate disruptive ideas. No one can afford to stand still and pretend that past habits will guarantee future success. If your organization isn’t ready […]
The brightest object in the night sky, our Moon is an unmistakable sight. The brightest object in the night sky, our Moon is an unmistakable sight. The Moon, in a […]
A new MIT report proposes how humans should prepare for the age of automation and artificial intelligence.