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
The U.S.
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
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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
The U.S.
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
Fossils unearthed during construction of a water pipeline in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia have revealed one of the oddest members of a rather strange group of dinosaurs, a
March 25, 2025
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says beef tallow is healthier than seed oils. Is he right?
March 25, 2025
Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model, intensifying competition with U.S. tech leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic.
March 25, 2025
A decade of fieldwork is revealing how one of biology’s fundamental principles works in real time.
March 25, 2025
‘Exceptional’ Iron Age hoard unlocks secrets of life in Britain 2,000 years ago
March 25, 2025
Students explore nuclear facilities in virtual reality and learn about the ethical dimensions of nuclear technology in a University of Michigan course.
March 25, 2025
State lawmakers are looking to ban non-existent ‘chemtrails.’ It could have real-life side effects.
March 25, 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has increasingly spread to mammals and infected hundreds of people, raising concerns that it may lead to human-to-human
March 24, 2025
China has narrowed the AI development gap with the United States to just three months in some areas, because firms such as DeepSeek have worked out
March 25, 2025
‘People will die based on these decisions’: Trump administration cuts funding for dozens of HIV studies
March 25, 2025
By Anna Tong, Max A.
March 24, 2025
Yellowstone National Park has a new thermal vent spewing steam in the air that could be visible to tourists once visitors flock back into the park
March 24, 2025
A surge of grant cancellations hit researchers focused on the health of gay, lesbian and transgender people last week, as the Trump administration continues to target what it describes as ideologically driven science
March 24, 2025
Experts tend to focus on the kinds of foods you can eat to improve your health
March 24, 2025
OpenAI's Chief Operating Officer Brad Lightcap will spearhead global expansion and corporate partnerships, CEO Sam Altman said on Monday, as the Microsoft-backed startup seeks to cement its
March 24, 2025
The Webb Space Telescope has captured a plume of gas and dust streaming from a star in the making, with a spiral galaxy as a stunning backdrop
March 24, 2025
23andMe filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, hit by faltering demand for its ancestry testing kits as it struggled to contain the reputational damage from a widespread data breach.
March 24, 2025
The head of the U.N. AIDS agency says the sudden loss of American money has been “devastating” for efforts to stop HIV and will cost many lives of the world’s most vulnerable people
March 24, 2025
23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its co-founder and CEO has resigned as the struggling genetic testing company continues its push to cut costs
March 24, 2025
‘Targeted’ and ‘cruel’: NASA staff react to layoffs as broader changes loom
March 24, 2025
A private European aerospace company has scrubbed the first test flight of its orbital launch vehicle
March 24, 2025
Firefly Aerospace has partnered with Blue Origin's Honeybee Robotics to supply a rover for its third lunar mission in 2028 to study the Gruithuisen Domes, the Texas-based rocket maker said
March 24, 2025
Around the globe, hotter temperatures stoked by climate change are increasing the odds of both severe drought and heavier precipitation that can wreak havoc on people and the environment
March 24, 2025
Gloo, a Boulder, Colorado-based firm that offers technology tools to Christian churches and other faith groups, said on Monday that Pat Gelsinger is joining
March 24, 2025
The number of insect species is mind-boggling – and they are a critical part of the environment.
March 24, 2025
Sigmund Freud originally developed the idea of repression and actually revised his definition later in life.
March 24, 2025
Communities with unstable housing, food deserts and less access to health care contribute to the problem.
March 24, 2025
Genetic testing firm 23andMe files for bankruptcy
March 24, 2025
As measles outbreaks spread and vaccination rates among kids drop, Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why measles is one of the most contagious diseases on the planet.
March 24, 2025
LA firefighters put out massive blazes. Now they worry that cancer might be smoldering inside them
March 23, 2025
‘We don’t believe the volcano will erupt’: Quake-hit tourism island of Santorini prepares for a different summer
March 23, 2025
Boy is first American to receive groundbreaking treatment for muscular dystrophy
March 22, 2025
How NASA’s waylaid astronauts finally got home
March 22, 2025
Decades of road salt use is taking a toll on New York City’s water reservoirs
March 21, 2025
With massive job cuts, the National Weather Service is reducing vital weather balloon launches in eight northern locations
March 22, 2025
In the corners of social media dominated by wellness content, influencers recommend an assortment of treatments and products to support weight loss, fight exhaustion or promote other desired health outcomes
March 22, 2025
Kyle Vogt, former CEO of self-driving car company Cruise, has raised $150 million in a new funding round led by Greenoaks for his robotics startup
March 21, 2025
When mountain permafrost thaws and glaciers melt, glacial lakes can become lethal flood risks for anyone downstream.
March 19, 2025
Columbia University agreed to some changes demanded by U.S.
March 21, 2025
Measles cases in West Texas are still rising two months after the outbreak began
March 21, 2025
Two California researchers say a U.S. government health publication instructed them to remove data on sexual orientation from a scientific manuscript that had been accepted for publication
March 21, 2025
Meet the woman leading Temple University's Center for Substance Abuse Research
March 21, 2025
Tuberculosis continued to rise again in the U.S. last year, reaching its highest levels in more than a dozen years
March 21, 2025
Gene therapy, with its offer of a possible cure for rare diseases like sickle cell, is losing early investors to higher-reward sectors like obesity and cancer, as sales for
March 21, 2025
Measles outbreak surpasses 350 cases and is expected to keep growing
March 21, 2025
A NASA spacecraft will make its second close brush with the sun
March 21, 2025
‘Unprecedented snapshot’ of Early Jurassic dinosaurs has been hiding in plain sight at a school, scientists say
March 21, 2025
The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, sending an ash column 26,000 feet high and prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around the volcano
March 21, 2025
From HIV treatments to school desegregation, research into topics now considered DEIA have benefited Americans throughout history.
March 21, 2025
Bots that reply to online posts can help people connect with each other, but at the same time they also interfere with people communicating with each other.
March 21, 2025
When AI systems try to bridge gaps in their training data, the results can be wildly off the mark: fabrications and non sequiturs researchers call hallucinations.
March 21, 2025
Reduce your risk of colon and rectal cancer with these basic steps
March 21, 2025
Venus will pass between the Earth and sun during what’s called an inferior conjunction
March 20, 2025
China is practicing ‘dogfighting’ with satellites as it ramps up space capabilities: US Space Force
March 21, 2025
Pasqal, a fast-growing French quantum computer start-up company, announced on Friday a partnership with chip giant Nvidia whereby Pasqal's customers would gain access to more tools
March 21, 2025
Friday, March 21 marks the inaugural World Glacier Day, an international observance established by the United Nations to raise awareness about the rapid retreat of glaciers worldwide
March 21, 2025
Glaciers around the globe are disappearing faster than ever, with the last three-year period seeing the largest glacial mass loss on record, according to a UNESCO
March 21, 2025
US denies French claims a space researcher was expelled over messages about Trump
March 20, 2025
The most recent eruption episode of Hawaii’s most active volcano has ended after sending fountains of lava hundreds of feet into the sky
March 20, 2025
A panel of immunization experts that advises the U.S.
March 20, 2025
Chile's Patagonian Ice Dragon is a tiny and mighty insect that lives its whole life in freezing glaciers while feeding off algae and bacteria.
March 20, 2025
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday launched an online searchable database listing contaminant levels in human foods, reflecting Health Secretary Robert F.
March 20, 2025
'They saved my life': Kentucky mom shares her colon cancer journey to save others
March 20, 2025
A French scientist has been denied entry into the United States, apparently because the scientist had expressed a personal opinion on the Trump administration's research policy, the
March 20, 2025
Nvidia will open a quantum computing research lab in Boston, where it plans to collaborate with scientists from Harvard University and the
March 20, 2025
Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
March 20, 2025
You can’t remember being a baby for a reason, new study finds
March 20, 2025
The U.S.
March 20, 2025
Governor concerned federal funding cuts will send Massachusetts scientists abroad for work
March 20, 2025
A new study finds that a common blood test for ovarian cancer may miss some Black and Native American patients, delaying their treatment
March 20, 2025
Pyrolysis breaks down plastic and generates potentially useful oil − but it’s not a silver bullet for the planet.
March 18, 2025
An experimental treatment appears to postpone Alzheimer's symptoms in some people genetically destined to get the disease at a young age
March 19, 2025
Oxygen detected in the most distant galaxy ever found
March 20, 2025
Kindness will make you happier than a higher salary, report shows
March 20, 2025
A reliance on foreign students for academic research has allowed the US to ignore flaws in its domestic tech worker pipeline, a scholar argues.
March 20, 2025
Research that combined archaeology, history and ecology provides a nuanced understanding of the past that could help conservationists better plan for the future.
March 20, 2025
Insomnia and bad sleep can lead to high blood pressure and increase hormone levels and inflammation.
March 20, 2025
Death data in the US is fragmented, incomplete and inconsistent. The consequences of undercounted deaths and lack of real-time tracking continue to be felt with each new public health crisis.
March 20, 2025
One long line of powerful winds can whip up dust storms, spread wildfires, spin up tornadoes and fuel blizzards – all at the same time across different states.
March 20, 2025
Small study hints anti-amyloid therapy may keep Alzheimer’s symptoms at bay in certain patients
March 19, 2025
Scientists are homing in on the nature of a mysterious force called dark energy, and nothing short of the fate of the universe hangs in the balance
March 19, 2025
Boeing's troubled Starliner capsule that left two NASA astronauts on the International Space Station last year may need to fly a third uncrewed test flight
March 19, 2025
Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the same electricity as Boston.
March 19, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes humanoid robots are less than five years away from seeing wide use in manufacturing facilities.
March 19, 2025
Synopsys, which makes software used to design semiconductors, on Wednesday introduced a technology it said will pave the way toward computers
March 19, 2025
A medical epidemiologist explains who should consider getting a booster and whether you might need to check your antibody levels.
March 19, 2025
A hair loss drug that first gained popularity in the 1990s is seeing a resurgence of interest
March 19, 2025
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aren’t the first to run late in space, and their 9 ½-month mission falls short of any endurance record
March 19, 2025
Why teachers are turning these children into little engineers
March 19, 2025
NASA’s Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams return to Earth as part of SpaceX’s Crew-9 mission from the International Space Station. The two astronauts joined that mission after their weeklong mission was extended by months due to issues with their original spacecraft.
March 18, 2025
A European space telescope launched to explore the dark universe has released a trove of new data on distant galaxies
March 19, 2025
The European Space Agency has released its first tranche of data from the Euclid space telescope's mission to map the universe's large-scale structure in order to better
March 19, 2025
Without being able to get into the heads of animals, it’s hard to say for sure. But instances of pig painters, whale crooners and bird sculptors certainly make it seem plausible.
March 19, 2025
Policymakers are focusing on restricting teens’ access to social media, but this approach risks cutting them off from its benefits. Making the platforms safer offers an alternative path.
March 19, 2025
Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the uniquely open-ended ways we invent new ideas and share and build on them.
March 19, 2025
Last year was the hottest year on record, the top 10 hottest years were all in the past decade and planet-heating carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is at its highest levels in the last 800,000 years, a report Wednesday said
March 19, 2025
Nvidia and Elon Musk's xAI have joined a consortium backed by Microsoft, investment fund MGX and BlackRock to expand AI infrastructure in the U.S., the companies said on Wednesday, as a
March 19, 2025
When speaking with vaccine-hesitant patients, pediatricians turn to these tips
March 19, 2025
A promising new chip technology that aims to cut energy usage is not yet reliable enough for use in Nvidia's flagship graphics processing units (GPUs
March 19, 2025
The world has just experienced its hottest decade
March 19, 2025
Bird flu has devastated poultry and dairy farms since it was first detected in North America in late 2021
March 18, 2025
Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the
March 19, 2025
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth after being stuck in space for more than nine months
March 18, 2025
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Tuesday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after
March 18, 2025
NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore finally return home after more than nine months in space
March 18, 2025
A pet food company has recalled one lot of its raw chicken pet food after it was linked to bird flu infections detected in two cats and suspected in a third in New York City
March 18, 2025
Dust storms have proven deadly to motorists across the U.S. for years
March 18, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, on Tuesday, unveiled the company's next-generation line of chips at its annual software developer conference, aiming to reassure investors of its dominance in the
March 18, 2025
General Motors will use artificial intelligence chips and software from Nvidia to develop autonomous vehicle technology for its vehicles and improve workflow
March 18, 2025
By Stephen Nellis and Max A.
March 18, 2025
U.S. births rose slightly last year, but experts don’t see it as evidence of reversing a long-term decline
March 18, 2025
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research program and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and the environment
March 18, 2025
A private lunar lander has captured the first high-definition sunset pictures from the moon
March 18, 2025
On an episode of “The Story Behind the AP Story,” Associated Press space writer Marcia Dunn discusses the space odyssey of NASA’s two stuck astronauts
March 18, 2025
AI is getting better at thinking like a person. Nvidia says its upgraded platform makes it even better
March 18, 2025
A patient has died while taking a closely watched gene therapy for muscular dystrophy
March 18, 2025
Nvidia founder Jensen Huang kicked off the company’s artificial intelligence developer conference, on Tuesday by telling a crowd of thousands that AI is going through “an inflection point.”
March 18, 2025
It’s all about what they want you to do.
March 18, 2025
‘Exercise snacks’ — even a few minutes a day — can boost your health
March 18, 2025
A new report identifies ways to create resilient water and wastewater systems in communities hardest hit by climate change
March 18, 2025
Blobfish overcomes notoriety as ‘world’s ugliest animal’ to win New Zealand’s ‘fish of the year’
March 18, 2025
Russia sees big prospects to work with the United States, including in the space sector, and expects to hold talks with Elon Musk soon about flying to Mars,
March 18, 2025
Health misinformation is everywhere. How do we determine what to believe? CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses how to navigate health misinformation with Emory University infectious disease researcher, Laurel Bristow. For more of “Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta” listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts.
March 17, 2025
Participants in a study were willing to spend just as much time and money on an AI-generated story as one they were told was written by a human.
March 18, 2025
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are about to return to Earth from the International Space Station, where they have been living for nine months in a drawn-
March 18, 2025
South African officials say a member of a research team at an isolated Antarctica base has been put under psychological evaluation after he allegedly assaulted and sexually harassed colleagues
March 18, 2025
The deadliest tornado in recorded U.S. history occurred 100 years ago
March 17, 2025
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, two veteran NASA astronauts who have been stuck on the International Space Station for nine months, are scheduled to begin
March 17, 2025
History-making Blue Ghost lunar lander sends one last message from the moon
March 17, 2025
It's lights out for the first private lunar lander to pull off a fully successful moon mission
March 17, 2025
Iguanas may have pulled off a 5000 mile voyage on a raft of floating vegetation to get to Fiji
March 17, 2025
During the Cold War, the US poured support into Arctic military outposts and climate research amid fears of a Russian invasion. Climate change is still on the military’s radar as a threat multiplier.
March 17, 2025
Textbooks usually depict the epithelial cells encasing the interior and exterior of your body as passive barriers. But researchers discovered they can produce electrical signals like neurons.
March 17, 2025
By combining ultrasound with a concept called nonlinear acoustics, you can create sound that stays silent until it reaches a specific location.
March 17, 2025
A new study out Monday finds that even in the most optimistic scenarios, grass-fed beef is no less carbon-intensive than industrial beef
March 17, 2025
Shares of quantum computing and artificial intelligence companies rose on Monday, as investors hoped that Nvidia would blow some life back into the beaten-down
March 17, 2025
Gender-affirming hormone therapy is linked to lower depression in transgender adults, study shows
March 17, 2025
Medical myths are surfacing again. 5 tips to inoculate yourself against them
March 17, 2025
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
March 17, 2025
'Follow your dreams': Astronaut Peggy Whitson inspires next generation ahead Axiom Mission 4
March 17, 2025
Philly’s opioid addiction crisis is constantly evolving. Local health care workers and researchers explain some of the latest substances, side effects and treatments.
March 17, 2025
By Stephen Nellis and Max A.
March 17, 2025
Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built on.
March 17, 2025
A social scientist tracking adolescents’ beliefs and behaviors over time was uniquely positioned to document changes in teens’ worldviews after Trump’s 2016 election.
March 17, 2025
Drugmaker AstraZeneca has agreed to buy Belgium-based biotechnology firm EsoBiotec for up to $1 billion, it said on Monday, seeking to accelerate the development of its
March 17, 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%
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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