As previously reported, Egyptian embalming is thought to have begun in the Predynastic Period or earlier, when people noticed ...

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UC Santa Cruz professor Katia Obraczka’s Greener Greenhouses project uses energy-efficient IoT technology to precisely monitor greenhouse conditions, helping growers reduce water and energy use while ...

Keeping up with the latest research is vital for scientists, but given that millions of scientific papers are published every ...

For the roughly 15 million college undergraduates in the United States, the benefits of pursuing higher education include better employment prospects, greater social mobility, and even longer-lasting ...

Scientists still don’t know how the brain turns physical activity into thoughts, feelings, and awareness—but a powerful new tool may help crack the mystery. Researchers at MIT are exploring ...

Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity to ...

A new study argues that overlap between advisers and advisees on research topics helps rather than hinders young life scientists.