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Studies of insulin, blood sugar and diabetes in other animals such as fish and dogs have already saved millions of lives and could lead to new treatme...

The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame...

Hurricane Melissa raged as a Category 5 storm in the Caribbean last month—and now scientists have confirmed that its strongest gusts neared reco...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to end its monkey research program will affect studies involving some 200 macaques, an...

Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of...

Criminals around the world are increasingly mixing trade in illegal animal parts with trafficking of arms, humans, and more—even exchanging wild...

Comets don’t just orbit our sun. “Exocomets” are common around other stars in the galaxy, too...

Artist Michael Benson reveals the hidden beauty of snowflakes, radiolarians and lunar rocks through stunning electron microscope images in his new boo...

States and universities must step up to preserve data, and Congress must act to preserve our nation’s health...

A new paper shows AI emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments...

The National Institutes of Health has canceled funding for at least 383 clinical trials in the last year, affecting some 74,000 participants...

New work pinpoints origins for the planet Theia, whose ancient collision with Earth likely produced the moon...

The CDC this week quietly changed its official language to suggest vaccines may cause autism, a claim that scientists say has no basis in evidence...

The moss Physcomitrium patens joins tardigrades and thale-cress as a species that has survived in space...

After her shocking lung cancer diagnosis, the late Susan Wojcicki dedicated herself to fighting the disease and looking for answers...

A machine-learning breakthrough could lift the veil on Earth’s early history—and supercharge the search for alien life...

Fitness influencers promote superhigh-protein diets, but studies show there’s only so much the body can use...

As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving...