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MRI Accidents Explained: What Causes Deaths and Injuries in ScannersWhen serious accidents happen in magnetic resonance imaging scanners, it’s usually because people ignore one very important…

Scientists have found the first robust evidence that people’s genes affect their chances of developing myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), a mysterious and debilitating…

The Law That Saved the Whales Is Under AttackProposed amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act would cut down protections to whales, dolphins, polar bears and…

Spaceships modelled on jellyfish, 3D-printed homes, polyamorous relationships and vegetarian diets are among the ways in which experts have envisaged making interstellar travel feasible.The ideas from…

In late 2005, five months after a car accident, a 23-year-old woman lay unresponsive in a hospital bed. She had a severe brain injury and showed…

Who doesn’t love an anteater? I mean, apart from ants, obviously. With their long snouts and even longer sticky tongues, they trundle around, slurping up insects…

Bird Flu on Dairy Farms May Be Airborne After AllInfectious bird flu virus was found in milk, on equipment, within wastewater and aerosolized in the air…

Terracotta Is a 3,000-Year-Old Solution to Fighting Extreme HeatCompanies are adapting this humble clay-based ceramic to keep people cool—without electricityBy Jyoti Thakur edited by Sarah Lewin…

Covid is on the rise again in the US, as children begin returning to school and as officials plan to restrict booster shots.While cases are increasing…

A decade after the onset of a sea star wasting disease (SSWD) epidemic considered the largest ever documented in the wild, researchers have identified the microbial…