People’s brains change when they become parents. She studies father’s brains in particular, to understand which changes underlie might better parenting. And she wants to study a variety of brains. “If ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Hurricanes are humanity’s reminder of the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Thursday that will give him and whomever he appoints unprecedented control over who and what projects receive what type of scientific funding ...

When U.S. rocket engineers talk about the bright possibilities of solid-fuel rockets, they always have to pause over one big requirement: how to control the fuel’s burning rate. A current system is to ...

This article is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public radio stations across the United States. This story, by Cary Barbor, was originally published by WGCU. The ...

Consumer technology has seen incredible improvement and innovation in recent decades. From room-sized computers capable of only simple tasks to a smartphone in every pocket, the true scope of ...

Traditional self-control advice focuses on building up your capacity to do things you don’t naturally want to do. This is how influencers sell cold plunges, for example. But it’s not just online gurus ...