“Microplastics” is a term you might be hearing more and more often these days. A lot of the time, this might be in reference to health or pollutants. With the awareness of microplastics on the rise, ...

Do mummies decompose? Why or why not? Find out how mummification works, and what happens to a human body when it doesn’t work so well. As long as life has existed, so has death—and decomposition. Many ...

The pipevine measures approximately 7–10 cm (2.75–4 in) from wingtip to wingtip. It is commonly found in the Deep South, but during the summer you can find it in the Southwest, including parts of ...

Moth migration may be guided by an internal compass to find the way, according to a new study that tracked flight paths of individual moths. Just like we may take an annual vacation, every year ...

Rusty Hudson grew up on the salt-laden docks of Daytona Beach, Florida. As a third-generation fisherman, he naturally took to the industry. When he was just 9 years old, Hudson started his first job ...

The Roman supply fort of Vindolanda, occupied between the first and fourth centuries, was built to protect Hadrian’s Wall in northern Britain. This study shows that the parasites that infected Roman ...

When we see an image in our visual field, our brain’s visual system is activated. The neurons begin firing in patterns to recreate the light coming into the retina. However, humans do not see an exact ...

Science attempts to describe nature at all scales, including globally. But scientists and the institutional structures and gatekeepers, such as governments, universities, and science journal editors, ...

Steven Spence, Part Two of Baking an Apple Pie from Scratch (figuratively). Let’s consider the early universe and the elements forged in the hearts of stars. Gravity may seem to be well understood. In ...

Where do heavy elements come from? Part Three of Baking an Apple Pie from Scratch (figuratively) examines how stars create heavy elements with more Protons than Iron. In Part One of this three-part ...

Can close, happy relationships with family or romantic partners reduce your chances of developing cancer? Can the loss of a loved one increase your chances of developing cancer? Currently, it is ...