Science & Environment

Sugary beverages like sodas and energy drinks are designed to be hyper-palatable, laden with extravagant amounts of sweeteners to stimulate...

Two roads diverge between a pair of quasars, and I'm sorry I can't travel both — actually, wait, I can...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The complexity of the human brain—86 billion neurons strong with more than 100 trillion connections—enables abstract...

Olive oil is synonymous with the Mediterranean diet, and the health benefits of both are well documented.Olive oil reduces the...

From the highest mountains to the depths of the ocean, humanity’s influence has touched every part of planet Earth. Many...

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A team of scientists—including Agnieszka Ciesielska (left), Barbara Klein (center), and Jeanne Paz (right)—showed that modified stem cells can improve...

Smoke rises during a fire at Vistra Energy’s Moss Landing battery storage facility in California on 17 JanuaryBloomberg / Getty...

Before the ash of Mount Vesuvius buried the city of Pompeii in 79 C.E., some of the city’s elites would...

The latest fire, at the building on Vistra’s property, did far more damage than any of the previous fires. This...