With an apparent crash, the HAKUTO-R mission from the private space exploration company ispace has joined a long list of failed moon landers

The Goldman Environmental Prize has announced its 2023 awards. Three winners speak about their efforts to protect wilderness and fight polluters

Afghanistan’s rare and majestic woodlands can’t shake the echoes of war, desperation and poverty

The laws of physics allow time travel. So why haven’t people become chronological hoppers?

A federal ruling on ACA is threatening lifesaving medical services, and prioritizing anti-LGBTQ+ bias over scientific evidence

Very high HDL cholesterol levels almost double your risk of heart problems.

A severe drought that has led to near-famine conditions in the Horn of Africa would not have happened without the influence of climate change, a new analysis finds

New research attempts to discern how bizarre particles of strange matter form in the nuclei of atoms

The prevalence of autism and other developmental disorders is rising. Changing who teaches early-career pediatricians about these issues will negatively affect children’s health

A new bill in California proposes making electric vehicles a backup power source for the electric grid—an idea that has promise but has to overcome several technological hurdles, experts say

A mutant human influenza found in two dogs shows the importance of viral surveillance in companion animals

California blackworms make a contribution to the math and physics of knot tying by demoing twisting motions that help them escape a tangled worm ball

These elements, dubbed “UNICORNs,” sit close to genes that affect smell, sleep and ways that people and other mammals interact with their surroundings

The genome of the 1920s Siberian husky Balto suggests that greater genetic diversity and less inbreeding contribute to better health

Communities in certain spots around the world, such as Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Central America, are likely to experience record-breaking heat events but may not be prepared

Bioengineers are drawing on rapidly evolving machine-learning tools, deep reservoirs of data and the firepower of a program called AlphaFold2 to pursue more sophisticated de novo protein designs

Our galaxy’s enormous scaffolding is shaped by complex magnetic fields

The Archimedes experiment will weigh the void of empty space to help solve a big cosmic puzzle

Scientists document a groundbreaking flight to deliver a lung for transplant

Vernal pools are home to spectacular residents such as fairy shrimp, but these unusual natural wonders are under threat.