Fireflies' unique body chemistry has led to advances in medical imaging. And scientists are now learning how they communicate ...

Underground fungal networks are crucial to life on Earth. But a new map shows that less than 10% of fungal hotspots are in protected areas.

Solar power adoption has been rising fast. Amid recent federal efforts to limit clean energy, will it make a dent in our ...

Solar and wind power are almost too cheap for our economy,” says author Bill McKibben, arguing the switch from fossil fuels must happen soon.

But a new breakthrough points to lithium as a possible explanation—not only does it occur naturally in the brain, but a ...

Car crashes aren’t very funny. Unless, apparently, it’s a self-driving car. Researchers on public perception of these new vehicles explain why.

In 1990, Marilyn vos Savant riled up scores of mathematicians with her solution to the “Monty Hall Problem.” But she was ...

Deepshika “Shika” Ramanan, PhD, is an Assistant professor at the NOMIS Center for Immunobiology and Microbial Pathogenesis at the Salk Institute. Her area of interests include maternal transfer of ...

Michelle (Shelley) McGuire received her bachelor’s in biology from the University of Illinois (1986), a master’s in nutritional sciences from the University of Illinois (1988) and doctorate in human ...

Adam Kucharski is a professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he works on analysis of infectious disease outbreaks, work that won him the 2023 Adams Prize for mathematics.

François Haman is a leading scientist who bridges the gap between laboratory research and real-world applications in human performance and survival. For over 20 years, he has been studying how the ...

Dr. Eduardo Esteban Bustamante studies the link between physical activity and mental health in kids as the director of the Healthy Kids Lab at the University of Illinois, Chicago. This website uses ...