How do rivers choose their paths? Why do some rivers form single channels, while others divide into many threads? The questions may sound simple, but they are plagued by dynamic and complex forces ...
CU Boulder researcher Pedro DiNezio emphasizes solving the problems of climate change in the here and now When Pedro DiNezio began studying El Niño and La Niña roughly 20 years ago, human-caused ...
Republicans and Democrats agree that it’s important the U.S. is a world leader in science, but sharply diverge on how the U.S ...
A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that the gut microbiome does more than aid digestion. It may also influence how ...
From as far back as we can remember, most of us have likely been under the impression we have five senses (and maybe a debatable sixth ). But as it turns out, human perception isn’t really limited to ...
James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
The authors are political scientists who study how democracies come to an end. How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy? Authoritarianism is harder to recognize than it used to be. Most ...