Federal workplace safety regulators have penalized three businesses over their failure to protect six Colorado dairy workers who were killed by exposure to highly toxic hydrogen sulfide gas after a ...

The leading cause of the incident was a lack of proper identification of the piping, the board found. While the refinery ...

According to Maariv, a joint ministry-STP investigation into the complaint revealed a “significant malfunction” in the site’s ...

Far beyond our solar system, in the distant Pegasus constellation, lies a star system that is reshaping our understanding of planetary formation. HR 8799, located 129 light-years away, is home to a ...

For decades, Americans were surrounded by lead from car exhaust, factories, paint, and even drinking water, often without realizing the damage it caused. By analyzing hair samples preserved across ...

Lead pollution today compared to 100 years ago has dramatically declined—by 100-fold over the last century—according to new research. Lead is a dangerous neurotoxin that accumulates in human tissues ...

Researchers investigated historic and current lead exposure by studying an unexpected part of the body: hair. In a study published yesterday in the journal PNAS, researchers analyzed hair clippings ...

The science we know today is different from the alchemy that infatuated scholars in the past, but the underlying drive to learn more about the world remains the same. While today's scientists spend ...

Before the EPA, Utah saw 100 times more lead exposure. By Andrew Paul Published Feb 2, 2026 3:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs ...