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Topic: Science (page 8)

A girl standing in the midst of the stars at night (Getty Images/sarayut Thaneerat)

Are we really made of stardust?

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Doctor holding hands with her patients during a consultation (Getty Images/Anchiy)

A future of no menopause?

Nicole Karlis
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a news briefing at the White House on December 04, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Fears over nuclear weapons in space

Rae Hodge
Plastic waste (Getty Images/Anna Efetova)

Plastic chemicals and preterm births

Joseph Winters - Grist
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In this photo illustration, packages of Mifepristone tablets are displayed at a family planning clinic on April 13, 2023 in Rockville, Maryland. (Photo illustration by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

"Junk" abortion pill studies retracted

Nicole Karlis
Blood samples and test results in a clinical medical laboratory (Getty Images/solarseven)

How to interpret a blood test

Brad Reisfeld - The Conversation
Satellite image of Hurricane Katia (left) making landfall over the Mexican state of Veracruz, Hurricane Irma (center) approaching Cuba, and Hurricane Jose reaching peak intensity on September 8, 2017. (HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

"Category 6" proposed for big hurricanes

Rae Hodge
Jupiter's moon Europa in front of the planet Jupiter (Getty Images/dottedhippo)

Planets' striking gravitational dance

Chris Impey - The Conversation
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Artist's impression of a cloud of smoke and dust being thrown out by a red giant star. Seen from the left the star remains bright but if viewed from the right it fades to invisibility. (Philip Lucas/University of Hertfordshire)

Strange new star discovered in Milky Way

Rae Hodge
Low-angle view of logo on facade of personal genomics company 23AndMe in the Silicon Valley town of Mountain View, California, October 28, 2018. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

23andMe's "minimum wage" billionaire

Rae Hodge
Sick man with covid-19 symptoms in bed (Getty Images)

"Zombie" virus fragments linger in COVID

Nicole Karlis
Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris) and Sea Anemone (Getty Images/Stephen Frink)

Clown fish can count, study finds

Matthew Rozsa
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Senior Asian woman rubbing her hands in discomfort, suffering from arthritis in her hand while sitting on sofa at home. (Getty Images/AsiaVision)

Why autoimmunity is more common in women

Nicole Karlis
Newborn great white shark. (Carlos Gauna/The Malibu Artist)

Newborn shark pup filmed for first time

Rae Hodge
Rescuers work to extinguis a forest fire near the "Doña Juana" dump on January 24, 2024 in Bogota, Colombia. (Diego Cuevas/Getty Images)

Colombia plagued by wildfires

Rae Hodge
CASPAR, a small particle accelerator located nearly a mile underground at SURF, can recreate the conditions inside stars, including the first stars in the universe. (Matt Kapust / Sanford Underground Research Facility)

The poetry of a particle accelerator

Rae Hodge
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This photo taken on Nov. 7, 2023 shows a researcher from Shanghai Jiao Tong University debugging experimental facilities at the Deep Underground and Ultra-low Radiation Background Facility for Frontier Physics Experiments DURF in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xu Bingjie/Xinhua via Getty Images)

New dark matter lab is world's largest

Rae Hodge
NSW Rural Fire Service firefighter attempt to extinguish a bush fire at West Wallsend on December 14, 2023 in Newcastle, Australia. (Roni Bintang/Getty Images)

Climate crisis reaching inflection point

Wesley Morgan - The Conversation
A raft of sea otters (Enhydra nereis) congregates off the back deck of the Monterey Bay Aquarium in kelp. (Monterey Bay Aquarium / Tyson V. Rininger)

Sea otters help battle climate change

Matthew Rozsa
Stalactites and stalagmites are calcium carbonate deposit formations. (Getty Images/Hans Strand)

Weather underground: Caves and climate

Matthew Rozsa
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Stand up comedian, actor and author George Carlin is shown performing on stage during a live concert appearance on January 13, 1996. (John Atashian/Getty Images)

What humor reveals about ourselves

Rae Hodge
Silverback Gorilla (Getty Images/Edwin_Butter)

What gorilla faces reveal about humans

Carlyn Zwarenstein
Woman Suffers Stomach Pains (Getty Images/Grace Cary)

How gut bacteria breathe without oxygen

Nicole Karlis
Medical examiner holding urine cup (Getty Images/Andrii Atanov)

Scientists discover why pee is yellow

Nicole Karlis
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