New Puffy Coats Are Being Designed to Fall Apart Faster
People generate about 70 pounds of textile trash a year, which then sits in landfills for centuries. A new fiber would decompose much, much faster.
Your Poop Is Probably Full of Plastic
A new study suggests that microplastics routinely show up in our food—and our digestive tracts.
Your Facebook Posts Can Reveal If You’re Depressed
Researchers used people's Facebook data and their medical records to detect early symptoms of a mental health problem.
Watch Mouse Embryos Develop Under This 4-D Microscope
An unusual new instrument can peer inside a living mammalian embryo and watch its cells grow.
Watch Mouse Embryos Develop Under This 4-D Microscope
An unusual new instrument can peer inside a living mammalian embryo and watch its cells grow.
A Mushroom Extract Might Save Bees From a Killer Virus
Two types of mushroom seem to help bees fight a major virus contributing to colony collapse disorder.
A Brain-Eating Amoeba Just Claimed Another Victim
Naegleria fowleri lays waste to cells in the brain, leading to a grisly demise in the very rare cases when it manages to lodge itself in a victim's nasal cavity.
Cats Bad at Nabbing Rats But Feast on Other Beasts
Researchers wanted to know what cats would do with a large colony of rats in Brooklyn. The answer: Not much. But cats could still pose a huge threat to more vulnerable urban wildlife.
How The Best Jumpers in the World Fly So Damn High
In 2016, Evan Ungar set the box jump world record at 63.5 inches. Here's how he does it—and how he could go higher.
Invisible Swarms of Particles Envelop Us All. Come Have a Look
Scientists have demonstrated a promising technique for measuring and mapping your exposome—the flecks of animate and inanimate stuff that surround you at all times.