The third president knew that the whims of nature shaped Americans’ daily lives as farmers and enslavers Sara Georgini ...

Jimmy Carter was the first U_S_ president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, declaring "the day of the so-called ...

London. Artlyst has put together this month-by-month guide to help you navigate your choice of where to spend your free time ...

A graduate of UW-Whitewater, Monica Cull wrote for several organizations, including one that focused on bees and the natural world, before coming to Discover Magazine. Her current work also appears on ...

A new study ties the size of the pupil to the process of memory consolidation in sleep. (Credit: Sruilk/Shutterstock) Your pupils say a lot about you — about your mental state, your attention span, ...

"New Year, new me," is a cliche, and yet, each year we set New Year's resolutions. Recent research says that most of us elect to make New Year’s resolutions each year, like exercising more or eating ...

Back in the first millennium A.D., waves of human migration across Europe created an elaborate genetic puzzle that researchers have now started to unravel with a leap in DNA analysis. An enhanced look ...

Whooping cough cases are increasing in the United States, having hit their highest point in a decade, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The sun had a big year in 2024. First, April brought a total solar eclipse that provided a wide swath of the continental U.S. with nearly four minutes of hushed totality. It also gave sun-gazers a ...

Rangers at Yellowstone National Park are often asked to predict when the next massive volcanic eruption will occur there. A team of USGS scientists, who surveyed the park’s underground magma ...

Webcam image of lava flows across the Halema'uma'u Crater at Kīlauea from the December 2024 eruption. Credit: USGS/HVO. The summit caldera of Kīlauea in Hawai'i seen by ESA's Sentinel-2 on December 25 ...