Alexandra Twin has 15+ years of experience as an editor and writer, covering financial news for public and private companies. Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, ...

Research finds that friendship is less of an exchange of giving and receiving, and more of a support system for unpredictable times. Decades of research suggest that the quality of our social ties ...

A food web is a detailed interconnecting diagram that shows the overall food relationships between organisms in a particular environment. The simplest explanation is that food webs are "who eats whom" ...

Ischemia is a condition in which some parts of your body don’t get enough blood. That means they’re also not getting enough oxygen. It can happen in your brain, heart, and legs, among other areas. You ...

A long-running theme of U.S. black history (a panel from Jacob Lawrence's 1940-41 "Migration Series") may have to be revised. © Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence ...

COVID-19 vaccination has been the subject of immense scrutiny and misinformation since the vaccines were first administered in the U.S. nearly four years ago. In the first year alone, it is estimated ...

Colin N. Waters is an honorary professor of geology at the University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. On 5 March 2024, the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) — the body responsible for ...

Researchers have long disagreed over what constitutes open-source AI. An influential group has offered up an answer. Open-source AI is everywhere right now. The problem is, no one agrees on what it ...

Nebula are giant clouds of interstellar gas that play a key role in the life-cycle of stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ...

A sweeping new definition of long COVID could help affected people get recognition of their condition and improve diagnosis and treatment. The U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and ...

Eric Taylor Woods receives funding from the British Academy, Leverhulme, and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Robert Schertzer receives funding from the Social Science and ...

It’s time for 100Mbps, people. It’s time for 100Mbps, people. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, ...