For over a century, we’ve turned to technology in an attempt to control the weather. Are today’s geoengineering proposals any better? By Bill Gourgey Published ...

Biologists have uncovered a quality control timing mechanism tied to cell division. The 'stopwatch' function keeps track of mitosis and acts as a protective measure when the process takes too long, ...

The word “bionic” conjures sci-fi visions of humans enhanced to superhuman levels. It’s true that engineering advances such as better motors and batteries, together with modern computing, mean that ...

Most of us have heard about portion control, but few have stopped to really consider what it means. It’s easy to assume it’s just about eating less, but the truth goes deeper. Portion control is tied ...

Darby Saxbe is worried her research funding might get canceled. People's brains change when they become parents. She studies fathers' brains, in particular, to understand which changes might underlie ...

If you suddenly have the need for a two-way, flow control valve — from a valve-selection standpoint — what kind of questions do you ask yourself? Many, perhaps, don’t ask any questions and may make ...

At the end of April, air traffic control radar surveillance and radio communication systems at Newark Liberty International Airport went dark for over a minute. A week and half later, radar went down ...

You can increase your chances of a successful hunt by understanding how scent control works. Animals like deer and elk have extraordinary senses of smell, detecting human odors from hundreds of yards ...

Traditional self-control advice focuses on building up your capacity to do things you don’t naturally want to do. This is how influencers sell cold plunges, for example. But it’s not just online gurus ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Thursday that will give him and whomever he appoints unprecedented control over who and what projects receive what type of scientific funding ...