A doctor once joked that statins will be added to the water supply. Humor aside, the data shows that statins really are a “wonder drug.”
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A marine scientist explains the threat of the Loop Current, a 800-pound gorilla of Gulf hurricane risks.
The world is facing many crises, and we should look to natural interdependence and ancient wisdom as we explore science for solutions.
Tikal, one of the biggest cities the Maya ever built, was home to a vast and flourishing society.
Thanks to a couple of rovers, we know Mars was once blue.
Hunger rates are rising. These technologies could turn the tide.
Planets can create nuclear power on their own, naturally, without any intelligence or technology. Earth already did: 1.7 billion years ago.
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Skilled hunters adapted to the changing landscape and left tantalizing clues to who they were.
Researchers estimate there may be as many as ten million trillion trillion phages on Earth — that’s 10 with 30 zeros after it.
The space telescope’s findings challenge the notion of a galaxy brimming with life.
This is a great improvement over the typical brew time of 12 to 18 hours.
Water on Mars is key for human survival on the Red Planet, not just for drinking but for growing food and making fuel and oxygen.
These astounding inventions show that civilizations of the past were a lot more advanced than we might have thought.
“When you see me, weep.” When rivers dry up in Central Europe, “hunger stones” with ominous inscribed warnings from centuries past reappear.
No matter how you define the end, including the demise of humanity, all life, or even the planet itself, our ultimate destruction awaits.
Contrary to common experience, not everything needs a medium to travel through. Overcoming that assumption removes the need for an aether.
Left to their own devices, yeast cells will consume all available resources and poison themselves to death. Is humanity smarter than that?
The sky is blue. The oceans are blue. While science can explain them both, the reasons for each are entirely different.
Europa may be difficult to access. But if a recent study is correct, its subsurface ocean would be more accessible than previously thought.
Asteroid collisions aren’t always bad.
CRISPR study helps answer a question that has long puzzled scientists.
Organic molecules can be produced by living or non-living systems. But the recent findings are very intriguing.
Venus Life Finder could launch as early as 2023.
Two populations that are geographically separated today once mated a very long time ago.
These missions will put us one step closer to the ultimate goal: crewed trips to Mars.
If we waited long enough, would even protons themselves decay? The far future stability of the Universe depends on it.
Historians have been able to piece together a clear picture of how the average Roman citizen spent their waking hours.
Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets — very few of which resemble Earth.
The natural wonders of Mauritius include the spectacular sight of an underwater waterfall. Here’s the science of how it works.