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An ongoing national teacher shortage has created a sense of urgency to better understand why educators choose to stay in their positions — and why they leave.

In a new study, a team of astronomers has identified wavelengths of light that could be useful for tracing the chemical evolution of the universe.

Researchers have uncovered a biological mechanism that helps explain why hepatitis E virus infections can be especially severe — and often fatal — during pregnancy, finding that normal pregnancy-related hormonal changes inadvertently trigger a …

The largest study to date that quantifies and compares medical and illegal use of fentanyl in the United States suggests that illicit use is more than twice as common as medically based use.

A new telescope built with a field of view large enough to unravel some of the universe’s most mysterious puzzles will soon aim to brighten our understanding of dark energy and distant worlds.

“She’s your mom.” “They’re your family.” “Blood is thicker than water.” For generations, these familiar idioms have illustrated what Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith, co-authors of the 2022 book “Families We Keep: LGBTQ People and Their Enduring …

Thinkers from Plato to Maria Montessori have championed play as one of the most powerful ways that young children learn and grow. American preschool teachers overwhelmingly agree — but a new study finds that teachers in urban settings feel less …

A urinary tract infection that follows a moderate brain injury can worsen cognitive problems caused by the injury, new research in mice shows. 

A new analysis of ice cores collected from the Andes in Peru has produced the first global record of historical tropical methane, filling a critical gap in our understanding of the origins of Earth’s greenhouse gases.

New research suggests that no matter what we eventually determine the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees to be, we’ll learn it was a primate that climbed trees.

Red blood cells serve as the foundation for nanocarriers that show promise in a new study as effective and efficient vehicles for gene therapy, tumor targeting and other medical treatments.

Researchers have developed a process for converting carbon dioxide and industrial waste into green hydrogen, reports a new study.

The first U.S. clinical trial of psilocybin-assisted therapy in veterans with PTSD who got no relief from conventional treatments has established that the protocol is safe, causing no serious adverse events or increases in suicidal thinking or …

Improving how crowdsourced information is shared could curb long lines caused by inefficient human queuing behavior, a new study suggests.

An international team of scientists has used machine learning to identify seven rare quasar candidates, according to a new study.

Swidden agriculture — often called “slash-and-burn” — has been practiced on every inhabited continent throughout human history, and for decades it has been blamed for the destruction of the world’s rainforests. However, a new study of more than …

All cells in the human body – and the motions they enable, from our beating hearts to our wiggling toes – use energy generated by a molecule called ATP.

Horses know a predator when they see one – even if it’s only on a video screen they’re watching in a stall, with no sounds, smells or previous experience providing context to what they’re viewing, a new study suggests.

Within every muscle of every living species with a backbone, a protein called myosin tugs on a partner protein to generate a muscle contraction. This function, discovered in mammals a century ago, has been presumed by scientists to be operating in …

There are few topics in modern parenting as fiercely debated as screen time for kids. Using a screen to calm a child is a common but guilt-inducing tool parents sometimes lean on in moments of desperation. But the impact of screens on cognitive …

In K-12 schools across the country, administrators are tasked with keeping everyone safe. New research shows they may be the most in need of protection.

Two sets of roles emerge when couples consider installing solar panels on their house, a new study shows: in sync, when partners with shared goals and defined tasks end up adopting solar, and oppositional, marked by discord and not making the solar …

Policies aimed at expanding energy infrastructure are more effective, and can remain cost-neutral, when they take community and environmental impacts into account, a new analysis suggests.

An initiative focused on partnering with retailers to decrease the influence of tobacco, alcohol and lottery marketing is showing promise and could present a more effective way to protect public health throughout the country, according to …

A newly developed framework for understanding the photoproperties of both natural organic matter and eumelanin, a natural pigment responsible for dark colors in organisms, may inspire advanced sustainable technologies, scientists say.

Long-term conservation policies may help restore freshwater ecosystems and prevent extreme species loss, new research suggests.

Contrary to popular belief, simply playing organized youth sports does not reduce the likelihood of committing violence in one’s lifetime, and in some cases, may increase it, according to a new study.

NOAA and its research partners are forecasting a moderate harmful algal bloom (HAB) in western Lake Erie this summer. This year’s bloom is expected to measure 3.5 on the HAB severity index, with a potential range of 3 to 4.5.

In a new study, astronomers have revealed new details about how young stars shape their galactic surroundings. 

Just 10 viral particles of the H5N1 bird flu that caused hundreds of influenza outbreaks in U.S. dairy cattle can cause infection in cows, a new study shows.