To predict how diet shapes a person’s gut microbiome, researchers came up with a new way to categorize foods.

Altruism is alive and well. So is the desire to protect one’s self-image.

A study finds that close to a trillion trees could potentially be planted on Earth—enough to sequester more than 200 billion tons of carbon. But environmental change on this scale is no easy task.

Deep sleep and REM sleep could be universal among vertebrates, stretching 450 million years back in evolutionary time.

A swine virus that appeared in the U.S. in 2013 has proven hard to track. But an algorithm might help researchers predict the next outbreak.

A chicken-sized raptor relative adds credence to the idea that flight evolved multiple times among ground-faring dinosaurs.

Quantum physics impacts the technology students use every day. Use these resources from NOVA broadcasts, NOVA Digital, and What the Physics!? to introduce quantum concepts to your classroom.

Girls are great at math. But if they’re even better at reading, they might be more motivated to choose a humanities-focused career.

There are a heck of a lot of reasons not to.

Killing red tide cells en masse can unleash their potent toxin. That means researchers need to get creative.

Even while still in their eggs, baby birds can hear their parents’ alarm calls. They then pass the message along to unhatched siblings so the entire clutch emerges aware of the dangers ahead.

A new analysis pinpoints some of the most ancient stars in our galaxy—and tells the story of the Milky Way’s ravenous past.

Combining two insect-control techniques, researchers largely prevented reproduction in a mosquito species known to carry Zika, dengue, and yellow fever.

This crustacean-like critter stalked the seas half a billion years ago.

The trifecta, discovered by NASA’s TESS, includes a “super-Earth” and two “sub-Neptunes” in a system called TOI-270.

These two genes are all it takes to determine the sex of a kiwifruit.

Researchers eroding clay in water may have uncovered secrets of meteorites’ aerodynamic stability.

Both treatments rely on infusing patients with antibodies that latch onto the virus and block it from invading cells.

For Anelosimus studiosus spiders, the storm survival checklist apparently includes a combative personality.

Experiments in Chile’s Atacama Desert point to a potential method of transportation for microbes on Mars—whether they exist there already, or we introduce them.

Artifacts unearthed in Idaho challenge the idea that the first people to populate the Americas made the journey on foot around the end of the Ice Age.

The feathery glint startles their rodent prey, making them easier to catch.

Some of the storm’s features hint at troubling trends in recent hurricanes.

New findings suggest Neanderthals evolved their unusually broad fingers after they split from Denisovans, just 400,000 years ago.

That earns this fish, Electrophorus voltai, the title of the strongest known living source of electricity.

Two men born without arms showcase the brain’s extraordinary flexibility.

That spells trouble for the entire planet.

Researchers used rabbits and antidepressants to search for a link between orgasm and ovulation in female mammals.

A new analysis predicts that 3,196 animals will join the 5,579 already snared in the global wildlife market.

This month, NOVA is hosting three events that will dive into how autonomous vehicles work, how they may change the way we live, and whether we will ever be able to entrust them with our lives.

A new refrigeration technique harnesses the ability of rubber and other materials to cool down when released from a tight twist.

The study, originally published in June, contained an error that its authors caught months later.

The algorithm was based on the faulty assumption that health care spending is a good proxy for wellbeing. But there seems to be a quick fix.

Researchers used artificial intelligence to reevaluate elevations vulnerable to rising sea levels.

The relationships these winged mammals forge in captivity are strong enough to survive the jarring transition back into the wild.

In addition to causing disease itself, the virus destroys immune cells trained to respond to other pathogens the body has encountered before.

From a neurobiology perspective, anxiety and sleep deprivation look very much alike.

But many questions remain about the true origin of the Homo sapiens species.

Scientists are using artificial cervices and 3D models of the uterus to better understand pregnancy and childbirth.

In 2018 and 2019, data from NASA’s Juno mission revealed new discoveries about Jupiter’s bizarre magnetic field.

Black holes, gene editing, and quantum computing wowed us—while new climate findings and racial bias in medicine brought renewed urgency.

We’ve counted down our ten most-read articles of 2019 and found that health and medicine, physics—and of course animals—were fan-favorite topics this year.

NOVA Labs Intern Chloe Nosan reflects on her experience working on the platform's newest resource on global climate change: The Polar Lab.

Join NOVA on three virtual field trips this month in celebration of Earth Day and Environmental Education Month.

Thwaites Glacier is melting fast. But to understand how climate change is driving its decline, scientists need to send instruments through 2,000 feet of ice into the water below.

Five episodes exploring the revolution and ethics of technology.

With the world in the throes of a global pandemic, bicycle retailers have come up with solutions to continue business and keep riders on their bikes as best they can.
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The US-made carbon fiber fork lets you choose between 44mm or 52mm of rake.
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