Infections from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) bacteria are the most common cause of travelers’ diarrhea, and they commonly cause childhood diarrhea in low-income regions. In children below ...

The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that guides federal autism research funding follows an announcement that an ...

A new study shows that taking a daily multivitamin could boost longevity, but the results aren’t conclusive ...

The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest, an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek ...

Konstantina Kilteni is an assistant professor at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and principal investigator of the Touch & Tickle Lab based at Karolinska and the Donders Institute for Brain, ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Go back to the past. You're a teenager ...

A mass of writhing maggots on a decomposing murder victim is not a sight for the squeamish, but for some, it is evidence. A maggot’s age and species can give essential information to forensic ...

A large, bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday, with some observers saying they could hear the rock’s explosive descent ...

Speakers at the Stand Up for Science rally in Washington, D.C., criticized the politicization of science and cuts to research that serves the public ...

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers ...

A proposed $1.3-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers port expansion in North Carolina threatens to unearth decades of “forever chemicals.” The government’s initial plan: don’t test the mud ...

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...