
Earth Talk: How are the world’s coral reefs doing these days?
Wildfire, drought and other land-based climate disasters have captured global headlines, but coral reefs have been bleaching at record levels, and as such their future is uncertain.

Wildfire, drought and other land-based climate disasters have captured global headlines, but coral reefs have been bleaching at record levels, and as such their future is uncertain.

Lyme disease is carried by black-legged ticks and infects people when they are bitten and transmit the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi.

In January, the CDC updated its guidance for reducing COVID-19 transmission in schools and day care settings.

An expanded and reinvigorated Virginia Museum of History & Culture will reopen to the public in May, after the most extensive and transformative renovation in the institution’s nearly 200-year history.

A new study by Virginia Tech scientists revealed a potential connection between microorganisms that live in the gut and elsewhere in the body and early brain development.

Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis who adopted a high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet saw significant improvements in their MS.

One review estimates that more than half of COVID survivors experience lingering symptoms, including neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory and mental health symptoms, months after their initial infection.

New Dominion Bookshop in Charlottesville will host a book talk and signing with author Lucille Stout Smith on Saturday, April 23.

It is not every day that a discovery involving Virginia Tech leads to a rewriting of science textbooks, but a recent find of a millipede burrowed deep under the dusty desert of Western Australia is poised to do just that.

A key feature that makes bitcoin so attractive is its use of cryptography, which allows individuals to transact without revealing any details about their private transactions.
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