In Colombia, a fossil-collecting rancher has found a giant, flightless killer from 13 million years ago — and a missing link to the region’s evolutionary history.
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Museums are adding scents as another tool for communicating information about science and other subjects in their exhibits.
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A team recently dived deep beneath Lake Huron hoping to harvest grain that may one day be distilled into whiskey with a flavor forgotten to history.
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The hunt for dark matter is shifting from particles to waves named after a laundry detergent.
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The ghosts of stars are up to their usual mischief.
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New research by geneticists hints at the deadly work of Yersinia pestis 5,000 years ago.
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Recent earth science developments suggest that how we count our planet’s largest land masses is less clear than we learned in school.
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The brainy birds carry big chips on their shoulders, scientists say. And some people who become subjects of their ire may be victims of mistaken identity.
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The presidential candidate’s mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, was a breast cancer researcher whose egalitarian politics often bucked a patriarchal lab culture.
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The epidemic in Africa continues to grow, prompting fears of another outbreak in the U.S. But the vaccine is no longer free, and vulnerable people are going without.
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He worked alongside another doctor to show that a simple rehydration therapy could check the ravages of cholera and other diarrhea-inducing diseases.
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Delegates at the U.N. talks created a system that would compensate countries for the use of genetic information but failed to make headway on a broader funding commitment.
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A city with temple pyramids not far from the road and a site with a Maya complex built alongside a sinkhole lend to evidence that the Maya civilization was even more sprawling than known.
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The region is no stranger to storms like those that caused this week’s deluges. But global warming helps them pack a bigger punch, scientists said.
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The new director overseeing medical devices will confront criticisms about hasty approvals as she ushers in revolutionary technology.
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If every emergency room in the United States were fully prepared to treat children, thousands of lives would be saved and the cost would be $11.84 or less per child, researchers found.
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British data shows that children conceived and born during a period of sugar rationing were less likely to develop diabetes or high blood pressure later in life.
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Breaking up the C.D.C., moving funds from the N.I.H. — conservatives have floated changes should Mr. Trump regain office.
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A large trial showed that semaglutide, sold as Ozempic for diabetes and as Wegovy for obesity, was better than any current medications in alleviating symptoms.
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Donald Trump and other Republicans have said repeatedly that she does. Her history on the issue is complicated.
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The results of a new clinical trial have overturned the “wait and see” approach that cardiologists have long favored for symptom-free patients.
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A 161 million-year-old fossil, linked to a line of extinct frog-like amphibians, is the oldest tadpole ever found.
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The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global interests.
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As chair of the White House’s National Space Council, the vice president largely emphasized continuity with policies set by the Trump administration.
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Trump has suggested he would dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act, which has reshaped America’s energy landscape. It won’t be easy.
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With a forthcoming nonfiction book and an online army of Nerdfighters, the young-adult author aims to eliminate an entirely curable global scourge.
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For a politician who has been criticized for shifting positions on some issues, this is an area where she has shown unwavering conviction.
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A “toadlet” in Brazil is the second-smallest vertebrate known to exist on the planet.
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A philosopher journeys into the world of comparative thanatology, which explores how animals of all kinds respond to death and dying.
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