Grist reports on a new study showing that exposure to high temperatures adds up to 14 months to older adults' cellular age.
April 04, 2025
An Alabama woman who lived with a pig kidney for a record 130 days had the organ removed and is back on dialysis
April 11, 2025
Ireland's data regulator on Friday said it had opened an investigation into social media platform X over the use of personal data collected from European Union users to train its AI
April 11, 2025
Transplanted pig kidney removed after functioning in living patient for more than four months
April 11, 2025
Were dinosaurs headed for extinction even before massive asteroid strike? Scientists offer new clues
April 11, 2025
Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery pushes back the date hominins started living in Europe by 200,000 years.
April 11, 2025
During scrolling, the brain processes visuals quickly not critically, making it easy to miss details that reveal a fake. As technology advances, slow down, look closer and think critically.
April 11, 2025
‘Problematic’ pornography use has been linked to an array of health and relational issues – and more young people than ever are being exposed at early ages.
April 11, 2025
Before she kicks off her upcoming world tour, Katy Perry is reaching for the stars
April 11, 2025
That chronic pain is not all in your head, but the solution may not be in your body, expert says
April 11, 2025
Rising global temperatures increase the risk of extreme downpours, as a climate scientist explains.
April 08, 2025
How one man just rewrote the history of Alcatraz
April 11, 2025
A seismic swarm that caused 160 quakes in two hours at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field in central Chile earlier this week has put authorities and citizens on alert.
April 11, 2025
RFK Jr. claims new research effort will find cause of ‘autism epidemic’ by September
April 10, 2025
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has fired previously reinstated probationary workers after an appeals court on April 9 cleared the
April 10, 2025
FDA says it will phase out animal testing requirement for monoclonal antibodies and drugs
April 10, 2025
The United States will identify the cause of autism by September, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F.
April 10, 2025
Scientists at the U.S.
April 10, 2025
The U.S.
April 10, 2025
Vaccine maker Novavax's shares plunged nearly 20% at market close on Thursday, after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
April 10, 2025
Jawbone dredged up from the seafloor expands the range of a mysterious species of ancient human
April 10, 2025
The U.S.
April 10, 2025
Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors
April 10, 2025
Cachexia, or wasting syndrome, causes around 80% of patients with advanced cancer to withdraw from life.
April 10, 2025
Lesson plans incorporating shark fossil teeth help prepare kids to live and work in an AI world.
April 09, 2025
President Donald Trump selected tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, a close ally of Elon Musk, to head up NASA. Here’s what that could mean for the future of space travel.
April 09, 2025
U.S. pediatricians and infectious
April 09, 2025
U.S. Space Command says it's finalized options for President Donald Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile defense system and has sent its recommendations to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for his review and approval
April 09, 2025
Heavy drinking linked with lasting impact on the brain, study finds
April 09, 2025
Rare juvenile minke whale stranded in mudflat humanely euthanized, officials say
April 09, 2025
'If we can’t grow food, then we can’t eat': Powell Gardens' conservation program regenerates native soil
April 09, 2025
Several U.S.
April 09, 2025
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead NASA, entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, faced questions from senators on Wednesday about his ties to
April 09, 2025
Trump’s unconventional NASA pick signals Mars intentions in confirmation hearing
April 09, 2025
The nominee for NASA's top job is outlining his vision for space exploration, highlighting Mars
April 09, 2025
Gene sequencing equipment maker PacBio plans to cut around 120 jobs and lower expenses due to fresh tariffs and reduced funding for federal health agency National Institutes of
April 09, 2025
Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date
April 09, 2025
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April 09, 2025
Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth
April 09, 2025
3D scan of Titanic sheds new light on doomed liner’s final moments
April 09, 2025
Abbreviations like ‘brb’ and ‘plz’ may seem benign. But new research shows they can make senders appear less sincere – and even undermine budding romances.
April 09, 2025
New research shows that Americans’ personal wealth is not enough to compensate for factors that affect how long people live, such as health behaviors, education or social support.
April 09, 2025
More people with type 1 diabetes are using GLP-1 drugs, study finds, despite limited evidence on safety or effectiveness
April 09, 2025
RFK Jr. publicly urges people to get the measles vaccine
April 09, 2025
Pets could boost wellbeing as much as a wife or husband, study suggests
April 09, 2025
Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotech company, has claimed to have resurrected the dire wolf, to create the “world’s first successfully de-extincted animal.” Scientists created three dire wolf pups by using gene-editing technology to alter the genes of the dire wolf's closest living relative, the gray wolf. The result is essentially a hybrid species similar in appearance to its extinct forerunner.
April 07, 2025
The dire wolf was one of the most formidable predators in the Americas during the last Ice Age, possessing a body more stout and a skull more robust than those of
April 08, 2025
President Donald Trump's pick to lead NASA will tell senators on Wednesday that the agency will prioritize an astronaut mission to Mars,
April 08, 2025
The asteroid that once had a small chance of striking Earth and now might slam into the moon resembles a spinning hockey puck
April 08, 2025
There's a micromoon coming up
April 08, 2025
Scientists are bracing for high lava fountains in the latest episode of an ongoing eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano
April 08, 2025
Clusters of additives in ultraprocessed foods linked to type 2 diabetes, study finds
April 08, 2025
South Florida teen born deaf excels in school thanks to determination, modern science
April 08, 2025
Woman donates part of liver to mother of late son's best friend with groundbreaking procedure
April 08, 2025
Cognitive shuffling: A mental trick to help you quiet racing thoughts and fall asleep
April 08, 2025
HHS, EPA to study fluoride in drinking water as RFK Jr. says he’ll tell CDC to stop recommending it
April 08, 2025
Ancient practices hold important lessons for farmers facing drying lands, but they were often more complex than modern societies realize. Glacier loss adds to the challenge today.
April 08, 2025
The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct for more than 80 years
April 08, 2025
A Russian spacecraft safely delivered an American astronaut Jonathan Kim and two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday, a flight hailed
April 08, 2025
Research suggests that how often people check social media − and how emotionally engaged they are with it − can influence sleep even more than how much time they spend online.
April 08, 2025
RTX said on Tuesday its engine making subsidiary Pratt & Whitney has developed an additive manufacturing repair process for its geared turbofan (GTF) engine components, which would reduce
April 08, 2025
Anti-vaccine sentiment may derail vaccines already awaiting FDA approval, experts fear
April 08, 2025
NASA astronaut Jonny Kim and two Russian crewmates have arrived at the International Space Station on board a Russian spacecraft
April 08, 2025
Scientists say they have resurrected the dire wolf
April 07, 2025
‘Amazing’ reduction in Alzheimer’s risk verified by blood markers, study says
April 08, 2025
An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, has been discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the interaction between the two societies
April 07, 2025
A company that aims to bring back lost species say they have genetically engineered wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf
April 07, 2025
U.S.
April 07, 2025
A large new study adds to evidence that diabetes during pregnancy is linked with an increased risk of brain and nervous system problems in children, including autism,
April 07, 2025
The National Weather Service is no longer providing translations of its products after its contract with an artificial intelligence company was allowed to lapse
April 07, 2025
A former top vaccine official says he was forced out of government after trying to block Robert F
April 07, 2025
Chile's total lithium resources are 28% greater than previously estimated, according to new studies of salt flats in the northern
April 07, 2025
A new study suggests that health care systems can reduce suicides through patient screening, safety planning and mental health counseling
April 07, 2025
A day at Uranus just got a little longer
April 07, 2025
Rescale, a San Francisco-based startup that makes engineering software used to design race cars and computer chips, raised $115 million on Monday in venture
April 07, 2025
Computing pioneer Alan Turing suggested training machines with rewards and punishments. Two computer scientists put the idea into practice in the 1980s and set the stage for the likes of ChatGPT.
April 07, 2025
Increasingly, these types of tranquilizers are turning up in fentanyl, oxycodone and other illegal opioids.
April 07, 2025
Alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the US, accounting for tens of thousands of cancer deaths per year.
April 07, 2025
The dread that AI evokes seems a distraction from the more disquieting scrutiny of humanity’s own dark nature.
April 07, 2025
The role of dogs in Italian alpine rescues is becoming more important as the number of people caught by avalanches increases — up by 50% over the last 25 years
April 07, 2025
The Trump administration’s job cuts and advisory board changes at the agency won’t change those rules, as a former EPA science adviser explains.
April 07, 2025
Woodpecker attacks cars in Massachusetts neighborhood. A bird expert explains why.
April 07, 2025
To tackle the e-waste problem, this casing for electronics dissolves in water
April 07, 2025
Super Rat: the record-setting rodent sniffing out landmines and saving lives
April 07, 2025
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F
April 06, 2025
A second child in Texas has died from measles, one of the world's most contagious illnesses which was declared eliminated from the United States in 2000, several decades
March 26, 2025
What you eat in midlife affects how healthy you are at age 70, according to a new study
April 06, 2025
Sea lions are attacking people in the waters off California’s coast. Here’s why
April 06, 2025
‘A huge impact on worker safety’: Protection for miners, firefighters in jeopardy after CDC cuts
April 06, 2025
CNN's Erin Burnett talks with Dr. Peter Marks, the former head of vaccines for the FDA, who says he was pushed out for not agreeing to spread misinformation about vaccines.
April 05, 2025
Meta Platforms on Saturday released the latest version of its large language model (LLM) Llama, called the Llama 4 Scout and Llama 4 Maverick. Meta said Llama is a multimodal AI system.
April 05, 2025
Ancient DNA pulls back curtain on the Sahara Desert’s greener past
April 05, 2025
When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty, he also sees a scar cut deep into the heart of the universe
April 05, 2025
Archaeologists uncover an ancient Egyptian tomb belonging to a mystery king
April 05, 2025
Dramatic HHS cuts leave US ‘weaker as a nation,’ says top FDA vaccine official forced out under Kennedy
April 05, 2025
- Billionaire Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI will go to a jury trial in spring 2026, the federal judge presiding over the case decided on Friday.
April 04, 2025
Peter Marks, the FDA's top vaccine official ousted by Robert F.
April 04, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX, United Launch Alliance and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin on Friday won U.S.
April 04, 2025
The Association of Public Health Laboratories sent a letter on Friday asking the U.S.
April 04, 2025
Data obtained by The Associated Press shows that close to half of the local National Weather Service forecast offices have 20% vacancy rates as severe weather chugs across the nation’s heartland
April 04, 2025
4 space tourists splash down after traveling an orbit never attempted before
April 04, 2025
Four space tourists are back on Earth after orbiting over the north and south poles
April 04, 2025
An average of 1,200 tornadoes hit yearly, and the United States will probably get more killer supercells spawning tornadoes and hail as the world warms
April 04, 2025
Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday after roughly four days orbiting the planet in a novel polar trajectory, walking out of
April 04, 2025
17 factors affect your risk for dementia, stroke and depression, study suggests
April 04, 2025
Meta Platforms plans to release the latest version of its large language model later this month, after delaying it at least twice, the Information reported on Friday, as the Facebook owner
April 04, 2025
The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate places, stretching across a swathe of North Africa that spans parts of 11 countries and covers an area comparable
April 04, 2025
Mass grave of Roman soldiers tells gruesome tale of military disaster
April 04, 2025
By Krystal Hu SandboxAQ, a startup drawing on quantum computing techniques to develop quantitative artificial intelligence models for enterprises, said it has raised $150 million from new investors
April 04, 2025
New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in the 1700s and 1800s.
April 04, 2025
Americans are spending more of their time alone. Contrary to national fears of a loneliness crisis, many of them find solitude essential for their well-being.
April 04, 2025
Researchers probed what psychologists call the ‘paradox of effort’ to learn how different people value work they could do in the future or that they’ve already accomplished in the past.
April 04, 2025
A more nuanced understanding of hormone therapy now suggests that its benefits for heart health depend on how soon after menopause onset it is prescribed.
April 04, 2025
4 ways forecasts are about to get worse
April 04, 2025
The Trump administration's mass firings at the U.S.
April 04, 2025
Measles vaccination rate may be even lower than estimated, leaving kids vulnerable amid outbreak
April 03, 2025
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and rival Pfizer have agreed to end a lawsuit that alleged Pfizer's respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Abrysvo violated
April 03, 2025
Olivia Munn has strong feelings about the next Blue Origin space flight: ‘What’s the point?’
April 03, 2025
The U.S.
April 03, 2025
The U.S.
April 03, 2025
Experts say planning before a tornado threatens is key for staying safe
April 03, 2025
The U.S. Department of Energy said it has identified 16 federal sites, including storied nuclear research laboratories such as Los Alamos, where it could invite tech companies to build data centers in a push to accelerate commercial development of artificial intelligence technology
April 03, 2025
Extreme weather is dangerous weather, and that’s particularly true for the heavy rainfall events that experts say are becoming more frequent with climate change
April 03, 2025
Carbon monoxide poisoning has been tied to several traveler deaths. Here’s how to stay safe on your trips
April 03, 2025
The administration of President Donald Trump said on Thursday it has identified 16 potential sites on U.S.
April 03, 2025
“Pictures, just like that”: local artist uses cardboard boxes to create photo exhibit
April 03, 2025
Colorado State University forecasters said on Thursday the upcoming 2025 hurricane season across the Atlantic basin will be above average, with 17 named tropical storms, including nine
April 03, 2025
High school students work with NASA scientists to send experiment into stratosphere
April 03, 2025
Early look at hurricane season predicts over a dozen named storms. But El Niño could change things
April 03, 2025
Ancient DNA sheds light on origins of 7,000-year-old Saharan mummies
April 03, 2025
Trump’s nominee for the top CDC role would join the agency at a time of great turmoil and uncertainty for medical research.
April 03, 2025
Because vitamin D plays a crucial role in many aspects of health and growth, inadequate levels can put children at risk of developing chronic disease early on.
April 03, 2025
Even as he grows older, Microsoft founder Bill Gates still fondly remembers the catalytic computer code he wrote 50 years ago that opened up a new frontier in technology
April 02, 2025
Weather forecasts sometimes warn of storms that can unleash rains so unusual that they are described as 100-year or even 500-year floods
April 02, 2025
A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk of dementia, too
April 02, 2025
Tracy Beth Hoeg, a sports medicine physician and epidemiologist who opposed key U.S. health policies during the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned the use of some childhood
April 02, 2025
A group of scientists and health groups sued the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, arguing that an “ideological purge” of research funding is illegal and threatens medical cures
April 02, 2025
Scientific researchers on Wednesday sued to secure reinstatement of National Institutes of Health grants that funded research on topics like LGBTQ health, COVID-19
April 02, 2025
Two infants die of whooping cough in Louisiana as cases climb nationally
April 02, 2025
FDA delays full approval of Novavax Covid-19 vaccine even though it was on track for clearance
April 02, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has missed its deadline for making a decision on traditional approval for Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, the company told Reuters on Wednesday.
April 02, 2025
Amazon.com said on Wednesday it plans to launch the first 27 satellites for its Project Kuiper internet network next week, pinning down a long-awaited start to
April 02, 2025
Alphabet's Google is replacing Sissie Hsiao, who led the development of the artificial intelligence chatbot Bard, now known as Gemini, the company told staff in its AI division on
April 02, 2025
Footprints show giant carnivorous dinosaurs and their plant-eating prey drank from same Scottish watering hole
April 02, 2025
It’s not just a Yankees thing, CNN Chief Domestic Correspondent (and former division one college baseball player) Phil Mattingly explains. There’s science behind the buzzy “torpedo" bat.
April 02, 2025
Construction crews in Vienna last year made an unprecedented discovery
April 02, 2025
Scientists sent beans into orbit and made ‘space miso.’ Here’s how it tasted
April 02, 2025
Watches and Wonders 2025: 11 striking designs from the world’s largest watch fair
April 02, 2025
By Max A.
April 02, 2025
Weather forecasters are using a relatively rare “high-risk” designation to warn that a major tornado outbreak appears likely Wednesday
April 02, 2025
Why autism isn’t diagnosed in girls and women
April 02, 2025
Kazakh geologists have discovered a rare earth metal deposit with estimated resources of more than 20 million metric tons at a depth of up to 300 metres, the country's
April 02, 2025
Across a series of studies, researchers dug into what really triggered FOMO – and what worked to fend it off.
April 02, 2025
If you were a 23andMe customer, your genetic and personal information could be used in civil or criminal cases, targeted advertising, medical discrimination and so much more.
April 02, 2025
‘Another mind-blowing change’: New data suggests mysterious dark energy is evolving
April 02, 2025
The ‘father of the internet’ and hundreds of tech experts worry we’ll rely on AI too much
April 02, 2025
Exposure to phthalates during pregnancy can affect a newborn’s brain development, study finds
April 02, 2025
Yankees and their ‘torpedo’ bats break MLB home run record in loss
April 02, 2025
The head of Meta’s artificial intelligence research division said she plans to step down, vacating a high-profile position at the parent company of Facebook and Instagram at a time of intense competition in the development of AI technology
April 01, 2025
A volcano in southwestern Iceland that has erupted repeatedly for more than a year again belched lava and smoke into the air, just hours after authorities evacuated the few remaining residents of a nearby fishing village
April 01, 2025
Meta Platforms' head of artificial intelligence research, Joelle Pineau, plans to leave the company, at a time when the tech giant is aggressively investing and competing in the AI space.
April 01, 2025
Thousands of people at the nation’s top health agencies were laid off Tuesday
April 01, 2025
Ro takes a closer look at what science says about psyllium husk for weight loss.
March 27, 2025
SaveHealth explores what the research says about Ozempic's effects on insulin resistance and related conditions.
March 25, 2025
Gifted 5-year-old boy with Einstein-level IQ joins sister as member of Mensa
April 01, 2025
Archaeologists unearthed a cache of stone tools. Neanderthals may have made them, study finds
April 01, 2025
Is giving rats birth control the key to curbing Chicago's infestation?
April 01, 2025
A volcano erupted to the south of Iceland's capital on Tuesday, spewing lava and smoke in a fiery display of orange and red that triggered the evacuation of
April 01, 2025
Cerebras Systems, a Silicon Valley-based AI chip company, and Canadian chip startup Ranovus said on Tuesday that they had been awarded a $45 million
April 01, 2025
Stress has a sweet spot. 5 tips to help you find it
April 01, 2025
Top minds at the world’s largest atom smasher have released a blueprint for a much bigger successor
April 01, 2025
The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the work of federal seismologists and engineers.
March 31, 2025
NASA's Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams explain why they're willing to fly on the Starliner spacecraft despite issues that extended their stay in space by several months.
March 31, 2025
After nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are readjusting to Earth life with dog walks and family time, while resuming work
April 01, 2025
OpenAI said on Monday it would raise up to $40 billion in a new funding round led by SoftBank Group at a $300 billion valuation to advance AI
March 31, 2025
SpaceX launches 4 people on a polar orbit never attempted before
April 01, 2025
A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles
April 01, 2025
For the MIT-educated physicist behind the torpedo bat, it’s more about the talent of the players than their lumber at the plate
March 31, 2025
Lightmatter, a startup valued at $4.4 billion, on Monday released two pieces of technology aimed at speeding up the connections between artificial
April 01, 2025
NASA's celebrity astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams say they would fly on Boeing's Starliner capsule again
March 31, 2025
NASA astronauts speak out for the first time following unexpected 9-month mission to space
March 31, 2025
OpenAI is planning to release its first open-weight language model with reasoning capabilities since GPT‑2 in the coming months, CEO Sam Altman said on Monday.
March 31, 2025
Scientists who want to learn more about a tiny, newly discovered flower in West Texas are hoping it will bloom again in a couple of weeks after rain finally fell in the area
March 31, 2025
Dogs to help fight spread of invasive golden mussels at Rancho Seco Lake
March 31, 2025
Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with technology during the Middle Paleolithic era as those in other parts of the world.
March 31, 2025
For those trapped in rubble after an earthquake, survival depends on many factors, including weather and access to water and air
March 31, 2025
‘The lives of individuals in the US are at stake,’ researchers warn after HHS cancels hundreds of vaccine grants
March 31, 2025
ProPublica: The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations
March 31, 2025
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin said on Monday it is targeting "late spring" for the second launch of its giant New Glenn rocket, as the U.S.
March 31, 2025
Shares of U.S. drugmakers fell on Monday after reports that the Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Peter Marks, had been forced to resign, the most high-
March 31, 2025
Just after sunrise on Saturday, a satellite set its long-range camera on the city of Mandalay in Myanmar, not far from the epicenter of Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake that devastated the Southeast Asian country’s second-largest city
March 31, 2025
Dow, a major producer of chemicals and plastics, wants to use next-generation nuclear reactors for clean power and steam at a Texas manufacturing complex instead of natural gas
March 31, 2025
Corcept Therapeutics said on Monday its experimental drug in combination with chemotherapy helped delay progression of a type of ovarian cancer
March 31, 2025
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March 31, 2025
Scientists have developed a device that can translate thoughts about speech into spoken words in real time
March 31, 2025
A German start-up’s orbital rocket spun out and crashed seconds after take-off in a rare European test flight that the makers said “met its set goals.”
March 30, 2025
Italian prosecutors have opened an investigation into possible espionage and terrorism after a drone flew several times over an EU research centre in northwestern Italy, two sources
March 31, 2025
Chemical firm Dow and X-energy Reactor Company have submitted a construction permit application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a proposed nuclear project in Seadrift, Texas
March 31, 2025
Public funding for agricultural research in the U.S. has been declining for the last two decades, a process Trump has rapidly accelerated by freezing or pausing support for a variety of research programs financed by the USDA, EPA and other organizations
March 31, 2025
Complications from measles infection are surprisingly common.
March 31, 2025
While you might not like how your trash smells, to your dog it is an appealing buffet brimming with apple cores, banana peels, meat scraps and stale bread.
March 31, 2025
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole in that galaxy is rotating.
March 31, 2025
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that a pandemic may be on the horizon.
March 31, 2025
Doctor shortages affect rural communities the most, leading to a rise in chronic health conditions.
March 31, 2025
Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir to funnel in more water, but hundreds of homes stand in the way.
March 31, 2025
By Max A.
March 31, 2025
Alzheimer’s risk rises when amount of deep sleep falls, study suggests
March 31, 2025
A tie-up between a Chinese research institute and tech company said on Monday that it aims to implant its brain chip into 13 people by the end of this year, in a
March 31, 2025
The highest dose of an experimental drug developed by Eli Lilly significantly reduced levels of a genetically inherited risk factor for heart disease in a
March 30, 2025
Orbital rocket crashes seconds after take-off in rare European spaceport launch
March 30, 2025
SpaceX is set to launch 4 people on a first-of-its-kind mission around Earth’s poles. Here’s what to know
March 30, 2025
A rocket by a private European aerospace company launched from Norway on Sunday and crashed into the sea 30 seconds later
March 30, 2025
23andMe’s DNA data is going up for sale. Here’s why companies might want it
March 30, 2025
23andMe’s rise and fall, in four charts
March 30, 2025
A planned mining method to gather critical minerals from the seafloor would create sediment plumes higher up in the water column where many creatures live.
March 25, 2025
The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation's top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations
March 29, 2025
Elon Musk has sold social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal, the billionaire announced on Friday
March 28, 2025
Artificial sweetener found in diet drinks linked to brain changes that increase appetite, study finds
March 29, 2025
Around the world, plastics are finding their way into farm fields
March 29, 2025
What’s the riskiest part of your flight? It isn’t cruising at 40,000 feet
March 29, 2025
A groundbreaking initiative could soon be bringing surgeons closer to patients in Africa's remote corners where the doctor-to-patients ratio is among the lowest in the world
March 29, 2025
U.S. states are positioning themselves to compete for newer, cheaper nuclear reactors being developed as communities and tech giants compete in a race for electricity
March 29, 2025
Top vaccine official forced out of FDA
March 29, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official, Peter Marks, has been pushed out, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Marks, who played a key role in U.S.
March 29, 2025
Elon Musk says he sold X to his AI company
March 28, 2025
Multistate measles outbreak crosses 450 cases, with possible international spread
March 28, 2025
Half the US population could be in the path of severe thunderstorms early next week
March 28, 2025
A major 7.7 magnitude earthquake that originated near Mandalay, Myanmar shook the Earth as far as Bangkok
March 28, 2025
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 centred in the Sagaing region near the Myanmar city of Mandalay caused extensive damage in that country and also shook
March 28, 2025
Fossilized fish up to 16 million years old found in Australia, with last meal still intact
March 28, 2025
People who suffer from everyday discrimination are more likely to have anxiety and depression.
March 28, 2025
Her research revealed a safety concern with a vaccine. Then the NIH pulled her funding
March 28, 2025
Monterey Bay Aquarium seeks local participants for social impact study
March 28, 2025
The centuries-old city of St. Augustine is an enduring reminder of Spain’s long history in Florida, going back generations before the United States even existed
March 28, 2025
Researchers have performed the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem cells in hopes of restoring fertility in a man who survived childhood cancer
March 28, 2025
Too often, patients with chronic kidney disease get diagnosed too late – if at all. Addressing risk factors early can stave off the disease’s worst effects.
March 28, 2025
The National Institutes of Health has been integral to scientific progress in treating countless human diseases. Without its support, patients will ultimately pay the price.
March 28, 2025
Tribal governance takes a long view based in Native peoples’ deep history with these lands.
March 28, 2025
How to see a partial solar eclipse turn the sun into a crescent
March 28, 2025
Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility
March 28, 2025
Japan issues guidelines telling public what to do if Mount Fuji erupts
March 28, 2025
Your phone may not be the problem when it comes to distraction, study says
March 28, 2025
These 60-year-old geckos could be the world’s oldest
March 28, 2025
A company that specializes in early wildfire detection has developed a new, AI-based drone that it says will help speed up the detection, location and monitoring of fires
March 28, 2025
NASA said on Thursday it was moving toward certifying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner for crewed flights later this year or by early 2026 after its inaugural mission to the International Space
March 27, 2025
Health officials confirm that a Michigan resident who received an organ transplant has died from rabies
March 27, 2025
Arctic sea ice had its weakest winter buildup since record-keeping began 47 years ago
March 27, 2025
The head of the Federal Aviation Administration has told Congress that the agency must do more to ensure flying remains safe after a midair collision over Washington, D
March 27, 2025
Nineteen sea turtles that rehabbed in Missouri after suffering the effects of cold water temperatures in New England are now back in the Atlantic Ocean off of Jacksonville, Florida
March 27, 2025
New research finds that global warming has significantly reduced the amount of water that’s being stored around the world in soil, lakes, rivers, snow and other places on land
March 27, 2025
Bizarre creature preserved in 99 million-year-old amber was ‘beyond imagination,’ scientists say
March 27, 2025
Russia could supply a small nuclear power plant for a mission to Mars planned by billionaire entrepreneur and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, President Vladimir Putin's
March 27, 2025
Multilevel selection is a controversial concept originally proposed by Darwin. A new study found evidence for it in the wild in a group of marmots scientists have been observing for more than 60 years.
March 27, 2025
Doctor explains how artificial intelligence is already being deployed in medical care
March 27, 2025
Some U.S. health regulators who review medical devices and tobacco products for safety and efficacy are struggling to meet deadlines mandated by Congress due to Trump
March 27, 2025
Two former Meta artificial intelligence executives have raised $15 million for Yutori, a startup that will develop AI personal assistants, the company said on
March 27, 2025
The heavy rains that led to catastrophic flooding in central Argentina and killed 16 people earlier this month were partly fueled by climate change and could become
March 27, 2025
The U.S. Space Force said on Wednesday it has cleared Boeing and Lockheed Martin's Vulcan rocket to launch national security satellites for the United States.
March 26, 2025
Pat Gelsinger, the former CEO of Intel, on Wednesday joined venture capital firm Playground Global as a general partner and also joined the board of a
March 26, 2025
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March 26, 2025
A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, scientists said late on Wednesday, adding weight to
March 27, 2025
Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation
March 27, 2025
Scientists have discovered an ancient wasp with a body like a Venus flytrap to seize and snatch its prey
March 27, 2025
Fish sauce is an indelible part of Vietnam's culture and essential for its vibrant cuisine
March 26, 2025
It turns out there's nothing miraculous about red marks found on a communion host at a Catholic church in Indiana
March 26, 2025
Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants
March 26, 2025
Researchers at Columbia University remain in limbo after the Ivy League institution bowed to the Trump administration’s demands for unprecedented changes in a bid to restore some $400 million in federal funds cut
March 26, 2025
NAS's James Webb Space Telescope has captured Neptune’s glowing auroras in the best detail yet
March 26, 2025
Black women around the world spend hours at a time getting synthetic braids but are wondering if the convenience and fashion benefits are outweighed by potential health hazards
March 26, 2025
Britain's Royal Society has decided the scientific academy will not take any action against a famous member, U.S. tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, after fellows met to discuss potential
March 26, 2025
The Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine could come back online within months of a ceasefire, but it would probably take more than a year to
March 26, 2025
Ukraine accused Moscow on Wednesday of being incapable of managing safety at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after what it said were reports of a huge spillage of
March 26, 2025
Toxic dust on Mars would present serious hazard for astronauts
March 26, 2025
Liverwurst, Jell-O become unlikely teaching tools at Gwynedd Mercy University for respiratory therapy students
March 26, 2025
Puberty is starting earlier. Should parents worry? 5 things to know from a pediatrician
March 26, 2025
The moon will appear to take bites out of the sun during a partial solar eclipse in the Northern Hemisphere
March 26, 2025
Mom goes on quest for answers when teen son develops mysterious illness
March 26, 2025
What goes down your toilet and drain can end up on farm fields across the United States
March 26, 2025
An emergency physician and nurse scientist explain what medetomidine is and how to respond if someone is overdosing on it.
March 26, 2025
These discarded objects will form humanity’s lasting geological footprint, paleontologists say
March 26, 2025
Lewd customers, backstabbing co-workers and managers making unrealistic demands can take a toll.
March 26, 2025
China's glacier area has shrunk by 26% since 1960 due to rapid global warming, with 7,000 small glaciers disappearing completely and glacial retreat intensifying in recent years,
March 26, 2025
They are known as silent killers. Now, unprecedented recordings reveal first known shark sounds
March 26, 2025
The genetic testing company 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, prompting people who've used the service and sent in DNA samples to be analyzed to wonder what will happen to their genetic data
March 25, 2025
Chewing gum can shed microplastics into saliva, research finds
March 25, 2025
Millions of women get painful UTIs that keep coming back. A new kind of antibiotic may help break the cycle
March 25, 2025
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe says the track and field’s governing body has approved the introduction of cheek swabs and dry blood-spot tests for female athletes in order to maintain “the integrity of competition.”
March 25, 2025
Woman shares 'extremely terrifying' moment she says her car was hit by lightning
March 25, 2025
Five high-level officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are leaving
March 25, 2025
Bangladesh reported a first outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu on a farm since 2018, the World Organisation for Animal Health said on Tuesday, citing local authorities.
March 25, 2025
New buoys listen for critically endangered right whale sounds off Massachusetts coast
March 25, 2025
Charlie Health focuses on complicated friendships as seen in "The Office" and "The Real Housewives," plus data on how friendship affects well-being and mental health.
March 20, 2025
Veterinarian warns dog owners about leptospirosis after reported cases
March 25, 2025
Largest fully preserved dinosaur claw unearthed in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert
March 25, 2025
23andMe is looking to sell customers’ genetic data. Here’s how to delete it
March 25, 2025
The wildfires that used to burn each summer in the woods above the Spanish village of Barro have diminished to almost none since Lucia Perez
March 25, 2025
Trump has begun another trade war. Here's a timeline of how we got here
Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11
Chinese EV giant BYD's fourth-quarter profit leaps 73%
You're an American in another land? Prepare to talk about the why and how of Trump 2.0
Chalk talk: Star power, top teams and No. 5 seeds headline the women's March Madness Sweet 16
Purdue returns to Sweet 16 with 76-62 win over McNeese in March Madness