Everyday Science

A civil engineering project from Science Buddies

Sending people home with meds for their bedmates gets results but raises questions about drug resistance

Autism and schizophrenia are related to different forms of creativity

People tend to remember a color they saw, for example green-blue teal, as being closer to a more stereotypical variant, such as straight blue or green. Karen Hopkin reports

State officials report several geese have tested positive for a lethal strain of avian flu, making Michigan the 21st state to confirm a case of the disease

Group of Seven leaders pledged to provide insurance against extreme weather and rising seas for up to 400 million people but remains silent on its plan to raise needed funds

Statistics have suggested a sharp increase in the number of American women dying as a complication of pregnancy since the late 1980s, but a closer look at the data hints that all is not as it seems

A cool science project from Science Buddies

If the administration loses, the elimination of federal subsidies to many states would boost health care costs for all

Mathematician Eugenia Cheng, tenured in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sheffield in the U.K. and currently Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago talks about her new book How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics   

Emergency room visits due to high heel shoe–related injuries doubled between 2002 and 2012. Erika Beras reports

A solar-powered plane will fly for an estimated five days and nights—or ditch in the ocean