3D-printed guns have earned the nickname of “ghost guns”, as they are difficult to trace through standard firearms analysis. With law enforcement struggling to trace the source of seized ghost guns, ...

The water swirling down your toilet today could be the very same liquid filling your glass tomorrow. After some treatment, of ...

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Conventional orthopedic surgery relies heavily on mechanical tools like saws, chisels, and drills to cut bone. While these ...

They’re called "ghost guns" because they’re supposed to be untraceable. They're not.

Korena Di Roma Howley is a freelance writer and editor. She began her career at National Geographic, where she wrote and ...

The study suggests that both humans and chimpanzees possess a “shared cognitive predisposition” for crystals. Whenever such a trait emerges as common between two related species, it’s likely that this ...

From health spas to film storage, salt mine caverns have been put to use in surprising ways—and they’re now poised to contribute to the generation and storage of clean energy.

Further south, in the Don River basin, the menu changed. There, the “chefs” were obsessed with seeds. The foodcrusts were packed with wild grasses and wild legumes, like clover, all cooked together ...

Nature provided one more confirmation. The team recorded stallions affected by recurrent laryngeal neuropathy, a disease that can partially paralyze one vocal fold. In these horses, the low-frequency ...