A new carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the bone collector
April 24, 2025
The United States is at a tipping point for the return of endemic measles a quarter century after the disease was declared eradicated in the country, researchers warned on
April 24, 2025
China sent three astronauts to its permanently inhabited space station on Thursday in its 15th crewed spaceflight and 20th overall in the Shenzhou program that started more than
April 24, 2025
How Cal Fire's Davis nursery aims to replace trees burned in wildfires
April 24, 2025
Hundreds of university researchers in the U.S. have had their National Science Foundation funding abruptly canceled to comply with President Donald Trump’s directive to end support of research on diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as the study of misinformation
April 24, 2025
A new study shows female bonobos team up to fend off males in the wild
April 24, 2025
Ivermectin is now available over the counter in some US states. What is it used for?
April 24, 2025
Some patients with a terminal illness seem to be able to ‘hold on’ until after an anticipated holiday or event. This might be less about staying positive and more about being supported in your goals.
April 24, 2025
Visual content, including manipulated images, is a staple of propaganda and political messaging. AI analysis shows that a surge of these memes can precede the outbreak of wide-scale violence.
April 24, 2025
Some people are more inclined toward gratitude than others, but there are specific ways that everyone can cultivate more of it.
April 24, 2025
Uncertainty around NIH funding leaves Alzheimer’s studies in limbo
April 24, 2025
A spaceship carrying three astronauts has docked with China's space station in the latest crew rotation
April 24, 2025
Unearthed skeletons reveal tough lives of Early Medieval women
April 24, 2025
Pakistani astronaut will become first foreign national to enter Chinese space station
April 24, 2025
CNN Turk anchor Meltem Bozbeyoğlu was live on air when a 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Istanbul, Turkey.
April 23, 2025
Metabolic syndrome is a big risk factor for early dementia, and what you do makes a difference, study suggests
April 23, 2025
A bite from a lion likely led to the demise of a gladiator, new research finds
April 23, 2025
China is considering building a nuclear plant on the moon to power the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) it is planning with Russia, a presentation by
April 23, 2025
Iran is ringing two deeply buried tunnel complexes with a massive security perimeter linked to its main nuclear complex, a report said Wednesday, amid U.S. and
April 23, 2025
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has shaken Istanbul and other areas in Turkey
April 23, 2025
The chief designer of China's lunar exploration programme accused the United States on Wednesday of interfering in Beijing's attempts to cooperate with Europe
April 23, 2025
A new study estimates that the world’s biggest corporations have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, which is a shade less than the sum of all goods and services produced in the United States last year
April 23, 2025
Novavax says its closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is on track for full U.S. approval after additional discussions with the Food and Drug Administration
April 23, 2025
Cancer prevention report finds US smoking rates continue to fall but HPV vaccination rates stall
April 23, 2025
The democratic process of scientific study, public debate and comment helps regulators arrive at a rule that balances the needs and interests of workers, companies and the public.
April 23, 2025
Uncertainty from Washington along with staff and budget cuts have created turmoil for the US Forest Service’s fire management efforts.
April 23, 2025
America’s marine protected areas help fish populations thrive. Trump’s plan to open them to industrial fishing may ultimately harm the fishing industry itself.
April 23, 2025
A company that spreads crushed rock on farmers’ fields to draw climate-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has won the $50 million grand prize in a global competition funded by Elon Musk’s foundation
April 23, 2025
Harvard’s fight with the Trump administration is just getting started. The cost is already high
April 23, 2025
Measles misinformation is spreading in the US, and most aren’t sure what they believe, poll finds
April 23, 2025
Former employees of OpenAI are appealing to the top law enforcement officers in California and Delaware to halt the company’s move to transfer control of its artificial intelligence technology from a nonprofit charity to a for-profit business
April 23, 2025
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has now grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history
April 23, 2025
More than four-fifths of the world's coral reef areas have been affected by devastating mass bleaching spurred by record-high ocean temperatures, turning
April 23, 2025
China announced the members of a three-person crew that will be launched to its space station as part of its growing exploration of space
April 23, 2025
Nearly half of Americans live in an area with a failing grade for air pollution, and the problem is only getting worse
April 23, 2025
California Department of Water Resources developing plans to protect SWP infrastructure from invasive golden mussels
April 22, 2025
Nonprofit 'Green Our Planet' transforms local classrooms with hydroponics gardening
April 22, 2025
FDA says it will phase out petroleum-based food dyes, authorize four natural color additives
April 22, 2025
New, 'phenomenal' test for Alzheimer's is now in labs
April 22, 2025
Trump administration minimized federal climate scientists’ findings of record CO2 growth
April 22, 2025
Negotiations between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program will move Saturday in Oman to what’s known as the “expert level” — a sign analysts say shows that the talks are moving forward rapidly
April 22, 2025
Teen use of cannabis edibles increases 43% after legalization in Canada, study finds
April 22, 2025
A study of US state legislators found that posting misinformation online was a winning strategy for boosting a politician’s visibility – but not for Democrats.
April 22, 2025
A new exhibition at Colorado State University highlights 100 years of women’s work.
April 22, 2025
Plastic is everywhere — and yet some people may be surprised at how much they actually wear
April 22, 2025
A plan to build a nuclear power plant will continue in Myanmar, a war-torn Southeast Asian country partly devastated by a massive earthquake in March, the
April 22, 2025
Poison control calls are rising as more people use psilocybin, study finds
April 21, 2025
Delays in cancer screenings brought on by COVID-19 aren’t making a huge impact on cancer statistics
April 21, 2025
Here’s what happened when I tried the Sam Altman-backed orb face scanner
April 21, 2025
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby
April 21, 2025
Orlando teen develops device to aid visually impaired
April 21, 2025
Health Secretary Robert F
April 21, 2025
Grist reports that rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate prices.
April 16, 2025
Scientists say a newly discovered green comet likely has broken apart and won’t be visible to the naked eye
April 21, 2025
How and when to watch the Lyrid meteor shower
April 21, 2025
Cancer death rates declining, new report says, but diagnosis rates are on the rise for women
April 21, 2025
Human beings don’t have a thick coat of fur like many other mammals do. Scientists think it has to do with something else that comes out of skin: sweat.
April 21, 2025
An analysis of surveys about people’s level of climate concern suggests it isn’t just education alone that shapes views – it’s experiencing rising temperatures that makes the difference.
April 21, 2025
How do you know if the person on the other end of your dating app is a real person or AI? That’s exactly what Sam Altman and the startup “Tools for Humanity” hope to solve with their device, The Orb. It analyzes your face and eyes to verify you’re human. They hope their scans will become required to access a variety of online services.
April 21, 2025
Below are some memorable quotes from Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was announced by the Vatican on Monday.
April 21, 2025
Chinese robots ran against humans in the world’s first humanoid half-marathon. They lost by a mile
April 19, 2025
Many in the autism community say RFK Jr. is pushing harmful and regressive rhetoric about who they are
April 19, 2025
The Zurich Zoo says a 19-year-old Asian elephant has given birth to a male calf
April 20, 2025
An astronaut’s awe-inspiring views from life in space
April 19, 2025
Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years, study finds
April 20, 2025
Scientists working with the Schmidt Ocean Institute reveal the first footage of two elusive sea animals: the colossal squid and a type of glass squid.
April 19, 2025
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and one American astronaut safely landed Sunday in Kazakhstan, concluding a 220-day mission aboard the International Space Station
April 20, 2025
A Soyuz MS-26 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Alexey Ovchinin and Ivan Wagner and NASA astronaut Donald Pettit has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency reported on
April 20, 2025
In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital
April 19, 2025
Nobody knows where whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea, are mating
April 18, 2025
Chemical fingerprints could belong to a signature of life on distant planet
April 19, 2025
Allergy season can be miserable for tens of millions of Americans each year
April 18, 2025
The exoplanet K2-18b could harbor a massive ocean, but scientists will need to study the planet more to see if it’s really likely to host life.
April 18, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron invited scientists from all over the world to come work in France or Europe, as U.S.
April 18, 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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