Many researchers are left scratching their heads as to why monkeypox seems to be propagating so readily and unconventionally in the current global outbreak.

The virus, which causes symptoms including fever, fatigue, cough, loss of appetite and muscle aches, is believed to have spread from animals to humans.

A surprisingly potent technique can boost your short and long-term recall – and it appears to help everyone from students to Alzheimer’s patients.

The most surprising and telling thing about finding the footprints is the insight it provides into the daily life of a family group thousands of years ago.

A team of biologists and mathematicians studied hours of video to learn how insects take shape in the egg. The secret is geometry.

Throughout history, there have been accounts of fish, frogs, birds and even spiders falling from the sky over many parts of the world.

Small genetic changes separate modern humans from ancestral brain development. 

Are you entrusting your romantic future to an algorithm?

It’s around you, it’s a part of you, and scientists are still trying to figure it out.

This has critical impacts not just on our timekeeping, but also things like GPS and other technologies that govern our modern life.

The discoveries almost double the number of known systems and could help astronomers better understand where the dividing line between planets and stars is.

Though it was touted as giving ordinary matter mass, interactions with the Higgs field only generate about 1 percent of ordinary mass. The other 99 percent comes from phenomena associated with the strong force, the fundamental force that binds smaller particles called quarks into larger particles called protons and neutrons that comprise the nucleus of the atoms of ordinary matter.

A new analysis of W bosons suggests these particles are significantly heavier than predicted by the Standard Model of particle physics.

What makes this Boston University building unique lies deep underground, where water circulating through 31 geothermal boreholes will supply 90 percent of its heating and cooling needs when the building opens, as scheduled for later this year.

The discovery has implications for locomotion without propulsion.

Scientists warn that the findings aren’t yet clinically relevant but say the research raises ethical questions about the definition of death.

A team of Hong Kong University researchers has developed a coin-sized system that can read weak electrochemical signals and can be used for personalized health monitoring and the measurement of such conditions as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mental health.

Marketed to meat lovers, plant-based burgers like Impossible and Beyond claim to taste like the real thing and to have far lighter environmental footprints. Here’s what the numbers have to say.

Even if content moderation were implemented perfectly, it would still miss a whole host of issues that are often portrayed as moderation problems but really are not.

Forever looking up symptoms and fearing the worst? There are ways to stop the endless checking and find real peace of mind.

Losing weight may be tough, but keeping it off, research tells us, is tougher – just not for the reasons you might think.

At no point has any drowning death been attributed to swimming too soon after eating. Some endurance swimmers even consume food for energy mid-swim.

From agility and balance to strength and flexibility, discover the different components of fitness and how to train effectively.

When you learn to incorporate fermented foods in your diet, you can reap all the benefits of probiotics without even having to supplement — and while enjoying delicious foods and drinks.

When people have a few moments to kill, they often pull out their smartphones to check their email or read the news. We tend to think that ‘just thinking’ or ‘just waiting’ is boring.

Millions of people have lost their sense of smell to COVID-19 and other conditions. Anthropologists are investigating the surprising significance of this underrated sense.

Inside Climate News, August 09, 2022

A regional rewilding network would help capture carbon, boost water supplies and protect against flooding and drought.

Researchers find the job takes the whole funnel – which has implications for industry.

The humble honeybee can control temperature in astounding ways — from keeping the hive cool during heat waves to cooking their enemies alive.

A machine-learning algorithm predicts that more than half of the thousands of species whose conservation status has yet to be assessed are probably in danger of disappearing for good.

The Inflation Reduction Act includes billions for sustainable agriculture and a last-minute provision to provide debt relief to farmers.

Saltwater is creeping inland from Maine to Georgia, with southeastern states experiencing intrusion the fastest.

In the very short time between now and 2030, emerging technologies will change our lives dramatically. It’s up to us, now, whether it’s for better or for worse.

Can these non-renewable water sources keep up with demand in the 21st century?

Weedkillers, insecticides and other pesticides are used on golf courses, and many, such as 2,4-D, have been linked to health problems.

It’s a textbook case of how global warming gets even more pronounced after dark.

From hurricanes to flash floods, to increasingly destructive wildfires, climate-driven natural disasters are forcing more Americans out of their homes and triggering waves of relocations. 

NASA scientists say the intrusion could warm the Earth’s surface.

A Times investigation revealed a coordinated effort by state treasurers to use government muscle and public funds to punish companies trying to reduce greenhouse gases.

Children “are not little adults”—they have more trouble regulating temperature than adults do.