Science

New research shows that seabirds’ ingestion of the pollutant scars their insides—a new disease called “plasticosis”—and may disturb their microbiomes.

The neocortex is the seat of human intellect. New data suggests that mammals created it with new types of cells only after their evolutionary split from reptiles.

As climate change makes storms warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up.

To see if those videos of people conjuring liquid without any external power actually hold water, you’ll need physics—and a straw.

Privately run genealogy databases have become a crucial tool for police investigators. Now a nonprofit is collecting data to help crack more cold cases.

Governments are ignoring calls to stop fossil fuel expansion—despite there being little time left to avoid the worst effects of global warming.

An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it keeps the surface beneath it 30 degrees cooler.

The hard electrodes inserted into the brain to treat Parkinson’s and paralysis damage the organ’s soft tissue. A new invention could change that.

Wild hogs destroy crops, uproot landscapes, and spread diseases—and not much is stopping them.

The planet is on track for catastrophic warming unless countries take extreme action, according to the IPCC’s latest climate report.