Health apps track vital health stats for millions of people, but doctors aren’t using...
Health-tracking devices and apps are becoming part of everyday life. More than 300,000 mobile phone applications claim to help with managing diverse personal health issues, from monitoring blood glucose levels...
Small climate changes can have devastating local consequences – it happened in the Little...
In recent weeks, catastrophic floods overwhelmed towns in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, inundated subway tunnels in China, swept through northwestern Africa and triggered deadly landslides in India and Japan....
Swimming gives your brain a boost – but scientists don’t know yet why it’s...
It’s no secret that aerobic exercise can help stave off some of the ravages of aging. But a growing body of research suggests that swimming might provide a unique boost...
Snow can disappear straight into the atmosphere in hot, dry weather
Creeks, rivers and lakes that are fed by melting snow across the U.S. West are already running low as of mid-July 2021, much to the worry of farmers, biologists and...
Fight for control threatens to destabilize and fragment the internet
You try to use your credit card, but it doesn’t work. In fact, no one’s credit card works. You try to go to some news sites to find out why,...
Worried about traveling with unvaccinated kids? 6 questions answered on how to manage the...
Across the U.S., COVID-19 cases are rising again, primarily in unvaccinated populations. Most of these cases are due to the highly infectious delta variant of SARS-Cov-2, the coronavirus that causes...
Focusing on what you’re trying to accomplish rather than what’s going on with your...
How do you get to the Olympics? Practice, practice, practice … but also know what to concentrate on during the heat of competition.
How fast someone runs, swims or rows; how...
Surfing makes its Olympic debut – and the waves should be world-class thanks to...
For the first time, surfing is on the Olympic stage.
The surfing event will last for three days and has to run within the dates from July 25 to August...
What is a breakthrough infection? 6 questions answered about catching COVID-19 after vaccination
If you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, maybe you figured you no longer need to worry about contracting the coronavirus. But along with the rising number of new COVID-19 cases...
Moon lacked a magnetic field for nearly all its history – new research resolves...
Surrounding Earth is a powerful magnetic field created by swirling liquid iron in the planet’s core. Earth’s magnetic field may be nearly as old as the Earth itself – and...
Fish fins are teaching us the secret to flexible robots and new shape-changing materials
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big idea
Segmented hinges in the long, thin bones of fish fins are critical to the incredible mechanical properties of...