For most people, swallowing is second nature, but how does it occur, and why do some people have difficulty with it? Researchers at Kyushu University in Japan have started to tackle these questions by ...

We’re back again with projected point spread and total for every NFL game in Week 3. For newbies: The table below is a way to compare my model’s predictions (more on that in a moment) vs. the lines on ...

We’re back again with projected point spread and total for every NFL game in Week 4, with some fascinating close games that my model sees an edge on. For newbies: The table below is a way to compare ...

One of the great challenges of ecology is to understand the factors that maintain, or undermine, diversity in ecosystems, researchers write in a new report in the journal Science. The researchers ...

IN YEARS GONE by, the wait for the announcement of winners of the Nobel prizes was a period of fun but largely uninformed speculation. The Nobel committees’ processes of choosing winners are so ...

Hand picking up persimmon from a fall-colored tree - Emilija Manevska/Getty Images From inspecting the productivity of fruit trees and measuring the stripes on colorful caterpillars, to looking for ...

When a storm is barreling in from the Gulf, which neighborhoods would be most likely to flood and at what depths? And can that be predicted quickly with affordable technology? A team of LSU scientists ...

Week 4 of the NFL season is flying by, as the Sunday early and afternoon windows have officially wrapped, leading up to the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys on "Sunday Night Football." The ...

The Minnesota Vikings and the Pittsburgh Steelers are set to meet across the pond in the 2025 NFL Dublin Game in Week 4. Carson Wentz filled in for an injured J.J. McCarthy in NFL Week 3 and led the ...

From inspecting the productivity of fruit trees and measuring the stripes on colorful caterpillars, to looking for moon rings and counting foggy August days, old wives' tales have often used elements ...