The injection of thermal energy comes amid an increasing rise in sea levels and continuing acidification

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While science journalism layoffs pile up and publications shutter, more science communication than ever is available via other online venues.

New data add weight to idea that immunization protects against more than just the chickenpox virus

Scientists have made clear that the elevated heat in the US was being amplified by the human-caused climate crisis

The agency had initially refused to even review the application but reversed course after a public outcry.

Mouse and human data suggest ovaries develop a new function after reproductive duties end

All nine members of the committee unanimously voted to recommend Moderna's new mRNA influenza vaccine for adults 50 and over.

The White House Office of Management and Budget is moving to take more control of billions of dollars in federal grants. Critics say the proposed change would jeopardize the integrity of U.S. science.

Pancreatic cancer is notoriously lethal. But new treatments mean that may be changing, and people with the disease now have more reason to hope than ever before.

Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

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NASA astronaut and Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman took this picture of Earth from the Orion spacecraft's window on April 2, 2026, after completing the translunar injection burn.

In a rebuke, a federal district court judge blocked the administration's reduction in the number of immunizations recommended for kids and also changes to an influential vaccine committee.

Makayla Skjerva, a North Dakota 14-year-old, contracted measles after being exposed at school in February. Makayla, who is immunocompromised, fell seriously ill.

Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

To mark International Women’s Day, Nature asked winners of its awards programmes to nominate a colleague who brings out the best in them.

In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."

Researchers are engineering bacteria to invade tumors and consume them from the inside. Because tumor cores lack oxygen, they’re the perfect breeding ground for these microbes. The team added a geneti...

Moderna said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration changed course and will review its new flu vaccine, a week after rejecting the original submission and fueling drugmaker and investor co...

The FDA reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine, the company announced Wednesday.

Even Antarctica’s toughest native insect can’t escape the reach of plastic pollution. Scientists have discovered that Belgica antarctica — a tiny, rice-sized midge and the southernmost insect on Earth...