Overdoses in rural and urban areas will spike, finds new study that gives geographic breakdown
Direct fossil fuel consumption by buildings, burned in water heaters, furnaces, and other heating sources, account for nearly 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.
Reducing the sugar content of commercially prepared foods and beverages will have a larger impact on the health of Americans than other initiatives to cut sugar.
By 2080, around 70% of the world’s oceans could be suffocating from a lack of oxygen as a result of climate change
An international team of scientists including Rutgers researchers has found that modern rates of sea-level rise began emerging in 1863 as the Industrial Age intensified, coinciding with evidence for early ocean warming and glacier melt.
Leaded gasoline calculation to have stolen over 800 million cumulative IQ points since 1940s
Analyses based on locations and viral sequencing of early cases indicate the COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan's Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, with two separate jumps from animals to humans.
People could potentially live and work in lunar pits and caves with steady temperatures in the 60s
Triclosan is used in everything from cleaners to pesticides to toys; researchers say exposure early in life may lay groundwork for future development of fatty liver disease
New research highlights how the risk of wildfire is rising globally due to climate change – but also, how human actions and policies can play a critical role in regulating regional impacts.
Scientists have identified more than 1,500 genetic differences between migratory and non-migratory hoverflies.
Swans give up resting time to fight over the best feeding spots, new research shows.
Artificial intelligence systems that are trained to align with human values could be used to develop more popular economic policies, a new study has found.
The quest to unravel the mystery behind the formation of the first quasars in the early universe has taken a significant step forward.
Prehistoric people in Europe were consuming milk thousands of years before humans evolved the genetic trait allowing us to digest the milk sugar lactose as adults.
Patients should be able to use images and metaphors alongside traditional medical scales to describe their pain to doctors, a new study says.
Cognitive Psychologists at the University of Exeter believe they have discovered the answer to a 60-year-old question as to why people find it more difficult to recognise faces from visually distinct racial backgrounds than they do their own.
‘These work requirements harm people with no measurable benefit to the economy’
First optogenetics-based study of unrestricted social interactions within groups of animals
Wireless, fully implantable device gives temporary pacing without requiring removal