In one of the most amusing citizen science projects we've ever come across, Australia's leading research agency the CSIRO is asking people across the nation to track their flatulence over three days ...

Alan Lightman, MIT professor and author, shares how we can bridge the gap between arts, spirituality and science.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

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Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

Environmental DNA harvested from the ocean, land and air can help scientists monitor wildlife. The challenge is figuring out how to interpret this eDNA.

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