NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...

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New results from the MicroBooNE experiment rule out the existence of a sterile neutrino, reshaping how scientists think about ...

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Scientists in Brazil are conducting an artificial drought experiment in the Amazon to understand its resilience to climate change. The project shows parts of the forest may be reaching a tipping point ...

The human body works in complex ways—sometimes, certain motions are so small that it’s easy to miss how they might cause discomfort in the body. In this way, the surface tissues in our lungs actually ...

3D-printed lungs made with living cells could help to improve lung disease prevention and treatment—and potentially one day offer a lab-grown option for use in organ transplants. University of ...

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, claiming over 150,000 lives each year. Despite significant progress in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer ...

Scientists announced this week that they have managed to keep a genetically modified pig lung alive inside a human body—although briefly—for the first time. The lung survived for nine days, marking ...