Slugs move oxygen throughout their bodies, as other animals do, but they do so without lungs. How is this possible?

Under current screening guidelines, almost two-thirds of Americans with lung cancer would not have qualified for the CT chest scans that could have spotted tumors early and extended their lives, new ...

Capturing the first underwater color photographs was no mean feat and involved powerful explosives as well as hours and hours of waiting. Fish swim over a small head of brain coral and before massive ...

Researchers thought that Axial Seamount might erupt in 2025, but recent data suggest the underwater volcano could take a bit longer to blow its top. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

To someday allow scientists to stay underwater conducting research for days on end, the UK-based company DEEP has designed Vanguard, a "subsea human habitat." The company unveiled its prototype ...

For years, researchers have only been able to execute brief expeditions underwater. However, a new technology, a first of its kind, is looking to change that and is hoping to do so much more. The ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer among women in the United States, surpassing the mortality numbers of breast and ...

President Trump has been a cheerleader for coal miners. But these miners say his administration is failing to enforce limits on a lethal workplace hazard. Gary Hairston, 71, is a retired coal miner ...

Keith Rochfort receives funding from Research Ireland. As colder months set in, respiratory infections begin to climb: everything from the common cold and flu to COVID. It’s a time when healthy lungs ...

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Cicero, N.Y. — Swimmers need to be able to maintain their breath control underwater, no matter the circumstances. The best swimmers can push themselves beyond their normal limits to win a race. Look ...

Some of the most credible encounters with nonhuman aircraft have happened over the world’s oceans. Now, the witnesses want answers. In mid-2014, during training flights off the coast of Virginia Beach ...