How the Scientist Who Invented Ibuprofen Accidentally Discovered It Was Great for Hangovers
It all started when Dr. Stewart Adams took too many vodka shots the night before speaking at a Moscow conference.
It all started when Dr. Stewart Adams took too many vodka shots the night before speaking at a Moscow conference.
‘Lost on Everest’ chronicles a mission to find one of Mount Everest’s first missing bodies, while ‘Expedition Everest’ studies climate change on the mountain.
A survey of hundreds of women demonstrated that dating profiles showing men holding cats are perceived as less desirable.
Mary W. Jackson, NASA’s first Black female engineer, was an unsung hero of the Space Race in the 1960s.
Research shows that a volcanic eruption in Alaska triggered a two-year cooling period in the Mediterranean—possibly destabilizing an already volatile Roman Republic.
Toilets have always sent contaminants into the air, but the coronavirus pandemic is giving new urgency to the practice of closing the lid whenever possible.
The 68-million-year-old fossil egg’s mystery mother may have been one of the fiercest marine predators from the Late Cretaceous period.
Oxford University researchers showed that dexamethasone, a widely available steroid medication, can cut coronavirus-related deaths for patients on ventilators by one-third.
Kids can learn about archaeology, marine biology, and other “-ologies” through games, interactive lessons, and more.
Dogs' sense of smell is at least 10,000 times as acute as ours, and they're being trained to sniff out a wide range of objects—from bombs to viruses.
Sir Isaac Newton didn’t get the idea from a creepy old witch in the forest—he got it from a respected physician.
Dogs and cats can sometimes seem very intrigued by your latest binge-watch. But are they seeing what we're seeing?
For one thing, tear gas grenades are usually used for crowd control—pepper spray is more for personal safety.
From May 31 to June 5, follow along as Black Birders Week highlights the experiences and expertise of Black scientists and naturalists.
The corpse flower smells similar to rotting flesh, dead fish, or Camembert cheese that’s been left out all night.
A former NASA biologist wants more people to dabble with genetic technology at home using his gene engineering kits.
Baby shark, do-do-do-do-do-do. Had a nursery, do-do-do-do-do. In prehistoric times, do-do-do-do-do.
Leaving a cart abandoned in a parking lot is a social nuisance. What drives people to practice poor supermarket etiquette?
SpaceX is about to make company history when it launches its first crewed spacecraft for a mission to the International Space Station. Here are the best places to stream the event.
If you own a work sweater and have a space heater under your desk, your individual perception of cold might differ from that of your co-workers.
Did you know that people are the only animals with chins? Here are 26 facts about the human body you might not know.
Explore the life of inventor Alexander Graham Bell, the man responsible for giving us the telephone.
When it breaks down, poop from king penguins releases nitrous oxide—a gas that affects both the environment and the scientists who study it.
NASA's Juno spacecraft got a close look at the mesmerizing clouds above Jupiter on two recent fly-bys.