Ozempic and just getting older take off muscle. New therapies could retain it

The Ocean Observatories Initiative has been collecting data on physical, chemical, geological and biological conditions in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for the past decade

In an open letter, thousands of researchers criticized the White House’s firing of the research agency’s board as ‘an alarming attack’ on U.S. science

NASA’s moon exploration plans call for nearly 80 launches, nearly 75 landers, 10 moon buggies and one nuclear reactor

Representatives of more than 50 nations gathered in Santa Marta, Colombia, this week at what was billed as the first global summit on phasing out fossil fuels. A panel of scientists will be advising t...

More than 100,000 absentee ballots had been sent to voters across the state. Some had already been completed and returned.

Breaking: Rob Thomson is out as Phillies manager.

The Lyrid meteor shower hits its peak from April 21 to April 22. Here’s everything you need to know about this annual celestial light show

Scientists thought glassy substances had to be either moldable or impact-resistant—but compleximers are both

Strikes to Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant could release long-lasting radioactive cesium 137 into the Persian Gulf, causing environmental calamity and threatening drinking-water supplies for millio...

A new book explores just how much we're being monitored—and how to fight back.

The Artemis II crew will spend about six hours on Monday observing the moon. Here’s what they’ll be looking for

An astoundingly strong heat wave is not just setting records across the western U.S.—it’s pulverizing them

This science-fiction movie plays with quantum physics, space travel, astrobiology and mass-to-energy conversion

Presumption of Irregularity Attorney General Pam Bondi’s elaborate attempts to bypass Senate...

While the world’s attention has largely been focused on the war the United States and Israel launched on Iran a few weeks ago and the rapidly unfurling series of subsequent, predictable calamities,…

The cancellation of a meeting of the committee that guides federal autism research funding follows an announcement that an independent group of autism scientists would meet the same day

The singer-songwriter and producer has had one of the more distinguished and multifaceted careers in modern music. He talks about following an unconventional path from Tony! Toni! Toné! to Sinners.

Hundreds are dead. Iran is retaliating. And some of the people who helped start this war think it's going exactly as God intended.

Losing an hour of sleep to daylight saving time is not good for you, but there are ways you can help yourself bounce back

A proposed $1.3-billion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers port expansion in North Carolina threatens to unearth decades of “forever chemicals.” The government’s initial plan: don’t test the mud

The Trump administration is proposing to ramp up logging on 2.5 million acres of western Oregon forests.

One officer said: “Dudes, you killed that dude.”

Traders on prediction markets bet on nearly anything. One made more than half a million dollars betting on the U.S. strike against Iran. But should people wager on human suffering?

This article first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of...

Satellites are wonders of modern technology that have improved all of our lives. But having more than a million of them in orbit could destroy our view of the heavens and seriously damage our planet

The state board of elections found Musk’s PAC sent prefilled ballot applications.

Studies find AI helps developers release more software—while logging longer hours and fixing problems after the code goes live

It's the latest trade drawing scrutiny on the popular prediction market site for appearing to show an insider making profits on military secrets.

This mysterious interstellar visitor is on a whirlwind journey through our solar system

Nearly all of the solar system’s planets are about to file across the night sky in a planetary alignment, and it will be visible from anywhere on Earth