Attempt to oust CDC director sparks key resignations by agency officials
Susan Monarez, who clashed with the U.S. health secretary over vaccine policy, refuses to step down
River turbulence can push toxic pollutants into the air
Toxic pollutants from a Southern California river are infiltrating the air. Polluted water surging along a turbulent section of the Tijuana River in San Diego can release toxic gases, including …
Scientists recreate life’s first step: Linking amino acids to RNA
Chemists at UCL have shown how two of biology’s most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) and amino acids, could have spontaneously joined together at the origin of life four billion …
Why are weather forecasting apps so terrible?
Rain? Or shine? Why do the apps get it wrong so often? Rob Watkins/Alamy If you hung out laundry, visited a beach or fired up the barbecue this week, you …
<< em>> Erin Brockovich< poisonous steel discovered in air after LA fires
The unusually small particles of hexavalent chromium can position a carcinogen regardless of low levels, scientists say
A newborn earth munches on gas and dust surrounding its host star
In a first, astronomers imaged a child earth within a void in the disk of material around a star, validating predictions concerning just how rings form.