The increased use of contraception in many countries is not because more women at any moment want to delay pregnancy or have no further children. Instead, it is because contraception is helping more women achieve their childbearing goals, according to a new study.
Researchers offer a new method to disrupt spiral waves that uses less energy and that may be less painful than traditional defibrillation.
An innovative scientific instrument, the Compact Color Biofinder may change the game in the search for signs of extraterrestrial life.
New research shows how migratory birds are declining globally because of the way that humans have modified the landscape in recent decades. A total of 103 species of migrating birds were studied, including rapidly declining species like the turtle dove and the common cuckoo, using large-scale datasets. Advances in satellite imagery allowed the team to map threats across Europe, Africa and Western...