A study performed by SafeHome.org, ranks the states using college degrees, high school graduation, professional or advanced degrees and test scores finds that New Jersey is the smartest state in the land. Dead last? Idaho. MORE
An international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites. The new discovery adds to the growing list of biologically important compounds that have been found in meteorites, supporting the hypothesis that chemical reactions MORE
A case published on Thursday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal chronicles a lung injury called bronchiolitis, a serious and irreversible lung condition caused by chemical exposure. A chemical called diacetyl is known to cause MORE
The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill on Wednesday that could decriminalize marijuana use at the federal level, giving states more room to craft unique regulations. The “Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act of 2019” — also called the MORE
As someone who had to start wearing glasses at age 9, I was excited to see a new FDA update this morning: the agency has approved the first contact lens indicated to slow the progression MORE
South Dakota’s governor, Kristi Noem, was hoping a new ad campaign would draw attention to methamphetamine addiction in her state. It worked, but perhaps not in the way she intended. The campaign’s slogan, unveiled this MORE
“I don’t want to be a flat Earther,” David Weiss says, his voice weary as he reflects on his personal awakening. “Would you wake up in the morning and want everyone to think you’re an MORE
Everything seemed ready to go: President Trump’s ban on most flavored e-cigarettes had been cleared by federal regulators. Officials were poised to announce they would order candy, fruit and mint flavors off the market within MORE
The scientific study of happiness (aka positive psychology) has mushroomed over the last two decades. Major research institutions have taken on substantial and often thought-provoking forays into the joy of joy, with surprising and often enlightening results. MORE
According to a new study, conducted by researchers from Ohio State University, a lot of households contain a “thermostat dictator” who rules the temperature dial with an iron fist. As it turns out there’s a gendered nature MORE
Scientists in the U.S. have created an artificial sunflower less than 0.04 inches wide that can bend towards a light source and harvest solar energy. The flowers, dubbed SunBOTs, were found to be about 400 MORE
The distinctive human habit of walking upright may have evolved millions of years earlier than thought, according to researchers who uncovered the remains of an ancient ape in southern Germany. Excavations from the Hammerschmiede clay MORE
Today I was looking up chicken-pox parties (ugh!) and I noticed a headline on the People magazine website about unsafe drinking water on US airlines. This study is a little scary but I thought it MORE
Skimping on sleep may put people at higher risk for accumulating the protein plaques in the brain involved in Alzheimer’s disease. NPR Shots reported from Thursday’s edition of Science that brain waves generated during deep MORE
If Georgia State Rep. Ginny Ehrhart, R (but, of course!) has her way, “Georgia medical providers who perform surgeries or administer or prescribe medications that assist minors with gender transition could be charged with a MORE
In a revelation Tuesday that Planned Parenthood Advocates in Missouri described as “deeply disturbing,” the state health director Dr. Randall Williams testified at an administrative commission hearing that he kept a spreadsheet to track Planned MORE
An image of a “ghostly face” produced from a “titanic” collision of two massive galaxies just over 700 million light years from Earth has been released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) in MORE
During Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, he promised he would deliver the best health care ever for everyone. That hasn’t happened. Instead, we have seen an increase in “the number of uninsured children in the U.S. MORE
An unnamed 46-year-old was pulled over by police in 2014, with a breathalyser showing he was five times over the legal limit. The man claimed he had not drank a drop of alcohol, which both MORE
Lab rats have been trained to do all sorts of things, from running mazes and pushing levers to playing hide and seek. Now, a handful of rats have learned how to drive, with scientists using Froot MORE
Care for some of the sickest Americans is decided in part by algorithm. New research shows that software guiding care for tens of millions of people systematically privileges white patients over black patients. Analysis of records MORE
Scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are about to start experiments with “plasma guns” in the hope of achieving controlled nuclear fusion—a source of clean and near limitless energy. Nuclear fusion MORE
NASA reached a milestone on Friday morning when two Americans ventured out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller: The astronauts, Jessica Meir and Christina Koch, had undertaken the first all-female spacewalk. MORE
This week NPR Shots reported on the progress of a US sickle-cell patient enrolled in a clinical study to look at CRISPR’s safety and efficacy in treating this disease. She’s the first US patient being MORE
If you’re like many parents, sometime in the last month or so you gave up the better part of a weekday evening to attend back-to-school night. Perhaps you stuffed your body awkwardly into a tiny MORE