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The combustion that creates the flame of a gas stove or oven releases pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide, which can trigger asthma symptoms.

An experimental brain implant allows Casey Harrell, who is paralyzed, to type messages on Slack, text his friends and send emails. Sometimes in his emails, he includes a tagline at the bottom: “sent from my brain,” with the 🧠 emoji.

An estimated three-quarters of NFL players who died in a 16-year period had the devastating neurogenerative disease called CTE.

How does a hummingbird fly through rain? How does a flamingo catch its food? Víctor Ortega Jiménez looks to animals for answers that could inspire new engineering solutions.

"Volcanic eruptions, they are kind of this like hammer blow to the climate system.”

An AI 'virtual author' can help scientists use a paper's methods on new data. But it's not going to match a human author's expertise.

Comets carry carbon- and nitrogen-containing molecules that can form biologically important compounds like sugars and DNA. But those molecules probably didn’t survive impacts with Earth, a new study shows.

This humongous fungus makes the largest spore-producing structures among all sac fungi.

Roller coasters are designed according to standards that carefully mitigate g-forces. But recent injuries and deaths, along with emerging research, suggest those standards may overlook other crucial factors.

Researchers are increasingly finding that ancient viral leftovers in the genome can make big impacts on evolution. The difference between chimp and human brains may be another example of this.

According to a recent Nature study, sweets worsen the disruption of the gut microbiome by antibiotics.

Brain implants and computers can decode a person’s intention to say certain words. Scientists are pushing these systems farther in efforts to restore the ability to speak for people with paralysis. Hear more on The Deep End.

The first roller coaster in the United States to loop upside down opened in 1895 and subjected riders to up to 12 g. Today's coasters follow guidelines that are much stricter about g-forces — but ignore other types of motion that could impact the brain.

The spore-making parts of the fungi weigh more than two kilograms and are much larger than those found in any other sac fungi.

Historians haven’t always been keen to look beyond human agency to climate explain history. “Climate explanations sounded lazy.”

Scientific papers could become AI research assistants. In a test, an agent using Paper2Agent’s tools answered questions more accurately and more than twice as fast as one working directly from papers and code.

Swapping polluting gas stoves for electric ones reduced asthma symptoms, a study finds.

Researchers think they’ve pinned down the specific starry night that Vincent van Gogh based his famous painting on. But not everyone agrees.

Cold spells after eruptions may have spurred famine, disease, revolt and religious changes.

A new device could help scientists measure extremely low pressures, like in space.