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A low-tech immune boost may help some species of frogs survive a brutal fungal disease that’s already ended 90 species ...

Miami and New York City officials say they need more insight into how searing temperatures affect homeless people and other ...

One of the iconic sensory experiences of riding a train is actually the sound of ingenuity. As steel railroad tracks heat up, they grow: 1,800 feet of rail expands by more than an inch for every ...

Over time, mountains erode. The mud, sand, gravel, cobbles and boulders they shed are washed into streams, which come ...

In the Paris 2024 summer, Olympic swimmers will be guided by their digital twin. Here’s how they work to help the fastest ...

A new brain-imaging study of young adolescents has shown that sex and gender map onto different brain networks. The findings, ...

I watched United Nations delegates debate AI-based weapons that can fire without human initiation. Humans cannot be taken out ...