Erin Blakemore

Here’s how gardening can improve your health

Fires started by humans linked to 20,000 premature deaths in 2018

Lee Miller, More than a Model

35 percent of military families face limited access to psychiatrists

Dressmaking Liberated American Women—Then Came the Men

BMI adjustments made to children’s growth charts

Birds bounced back in severely burned Appalachian forests

Documentary seeks the truth about lie detectors

Can the human body betray a lie? In the 1920s, inventors designed a device they said could detect deception by monitoring a subject’s breathing and blood pressure. “The Lie Detector,” an American Experience documentary that premieres Tuesday on PBS,…

Scientists inch closer to understanding what drives the solar wind

CDC: Twin births fell late in pandemic’s first year

Scientists say they know why the Southern Hemisphere is so stormy

AI and robots could help detect urinary tract infections earlier

Midwest farms are using more cover crops. Why that’s good news.

For years, agricultural experts have promoted the use of cover crops that are planted on fallow fields in an attempt to repair soil and slow erosion. But how many farmers have taken up the call and covered their cash-producing fields? Given the size…

Cancer surgeons should avoid these three words, researchers warn

Smithsonian exhibit digs out the ‘nature’ in old books

Scientists identify biomarkers that could help diagnose Lyme disease

Scientists ‘re-discover’ lost pigeon species in Papua New Guinea

Visually impaired people less likely to access health care, CDC says

Loss of 38 satellites prompts call for better space weather forecasts

More kids are getting wellness checkups, but big gaps remain