On a sweltering morning last July, Vernon Spear, a burly eighty-five-year-old with thinning gray hair, went to check a chicken-wire crab trap that was hanging from a dock in Cambridge, Maryland. Spear ...

Are you surrounded by screens? Today, we rely on technology to do everything from sending emails to ordering food. But being constantly connected can leave us physically and mentally exhausted. That's ...

Some of Earth’s tiniest life-forms inhabit slowly sinking particles of fish poop and debris, playing a crucial role in ocean carbon storage The individual cities are microscopic, but collectively they ...

This post was updated April 28 at 11:41 p.m. UCLA’s Early Care and Education centers reversed a decision to discontinue meals, diapers and formula for children, administrators announced to parents ...

As deep-sea waters warm, scientists expected trouble for the microbes that help keep ocean chemistry in balance. Instead, researchers found that Nitrosopumilus maritimus can adapt to warmer, ...

As one of the most heavily regulated foods on the market, infant formula is subject to strict nutrition guidelines and undergoes rigorous safety and quality testing. But CR’s tests of infant formula ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones. By Carl Zimmer A flurry of new studies ...

An unprecedented look at how the gut microbiome varies among babies in different parts of the world reveals that infants in the West lack a microbe that is common elsewhere. This could aid the ...

Even with the rapid evolution of pharmacology, we’re still looking for that one detox treatment that would eliminate drug and alcohol addiction. Although there are lots of options at our disposal, it ...

Studies following major Los Angeles-area fires have found that toxins in wildfire smoke can alter proteins in firefighters’ blood and elevate levels of hazardous substances, including lead. Pasadena ...

Florida is launching its own food testing program to check for contaminants like heavy metals and pesticides. Initial tests on 24 infant formulas found 16 contained heavy metals exceeding EPA safe ...