Joanna Thompson

Carboxylic acids make teens give off a pungent olfactory mix redolent of cheese, plum and even goats

First predicted by Einstein more than a century ago, lasers have shaped our modern technological landscape. But how do they work?

Dozens of boulders dislodged by NASA's asteroid-smashing DART test could hit Mars in the future, new research suggests.

A new study of vertebrate evolution reveals that we have more in common with spooky-looking fish called lampreys than we thought.

A new Japanese mission to photograph space junk from orbit marks a milestone in orbital debris cleanup efforts.

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have discovered evidence of a carbon-rich atmosphere around the hellish world 55 Cancri e. This marks the best evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky exoplanet.

The lack of a safety net in the U.S. is a big factor that explains why Americans feel lonelier than Danes or Swedes

Despite historical attempts to eliminate diseases, experts now suggest focusing on control and coexistence.

For centuries, people have dreamed of a world without disease. The myriad medical breakthroughs in the 20th century — which included antibiotics and modern vaccines — made that utopian ideal feel tantalizingly close.

A new AI-based analytical technique reveals that specific language phrasing in Reddit misinformation posts foretold people rejecting COVID vaccinations