A 1999 hunting season with no bag limit was meant to cut Tennessee’s wild hog numbers, but it made the hogs worth moving, and ...

The statistical association is clear: tooth decay and infected gums are associated with higher rates of heart disease and all ...

Every lobster trap set off the coast of Maine must carry a small plastic tag, usually stamped with a license number, a year ...

One of the quietest Apollo experiments is still doing science without a battery, a radio, or a moving part. It is not a telescope on the Moon. It is not a buried instrument or a forgotten antenna. It ...

Four experimental nuclear reactors have started self-sustaining chain reactions on U.S. soil in a single month, clearing a symbolic July 4 deadline set by the Trump administration and, backers say, ...

Namibia is one of the driest countries in Africa, and its capital sits far from any river that runs all year. According to Veolia, one of the companies that helps run the plant, the region gets around ...

A Pennsylvania farm landscape near Hughesville. This representative photograph does not show Mervin Raudabaugh's two Cumberland County properties. Photo by Phil Evenden via Pexels. An 86-year-old ...

Put a teaspoon into biologically active forest soil and the resulting sample can contain more microorganisms than there are humans on Earth. An Atlantic overview of soil microbiology states the ...

Lake Vostok is one of the strangest lakes on Earth because, for most purposes, Earth has hidden it from itself. It lies under the central East Antarctic Ice Sheet, near Russia’s Vostok Station, ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. Acceptability of 256 prospective peace ...

This article predates the current owners of Science Blog. It has not been reviewed under the current editorial process and is kept as part of the archive. Iron oxide concretions found at a beach. A ...

The advice to accept that there is usually more than one way to look at a situation sounds like something from a fridge magnet. It is also, as it happens, one of the better-supported ideas in social ...