Diapers take up a whole lot of waste. Inspired by plastic-eating mushrooms discovered 14 years ago, Tero Isokauppila created mushroom-based diapers that break down on their own.

Nakia Smith interprets the on screen action of Sinners in Black American Sign Language. Image via Warner Bros. Discovery / HBO “Why Black American Sign Language?” she asked. “‘Sinners,’ it happened ...

Researchers set out to discover whether therapy dogs’ mental health support could apply beyond a screen.

The stout, shaggy-coated huemul deer is highly endangered in the southern hemisphere. But a recent helicopter mission revealed that they are thriving in a future national park.

On Tuesday, July 8, over 20 scientists from research institutions across the nation — whose grants have been canceled by the Trump administration — showed up to the Rayburn House Office Building on ...

As programs recognizing LGBTQ+ people are cut, an Ohio archive is doing what queer Americans always have: preserving their own history.

Thanks to volunteers at Fundación 911 and firefighters of Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, search and rescue efforts in central Texas are now an international mission.

The average pediatric wheelchair can cost thousands of dollars. And when children grow and their needs evolve — or a wheelchair gets damaged — those costs multiply. So, the team at MakeGood NOLA, a ...

Determined to make HPV and cervical cancer screenings less invasive, these researchers have turned to menstrual blood.

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