SpaceX’s Starship launch site in southern Texas is now the subject of a lawsuit after the vehicle’s first flight caused concerning damage

A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment

A thought experiment that’s dividing mathematicians can help illuminate how belief shapes rational decisions

Decades of failed attempts have given way to several successful vaccines and treatments for the respiratory disease RSV

The number of people facing acute food insecurity shot up for the fourth year in a row in 2022

Inside a vault at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles lies a microscopic population of immense value—the repository for vernal pool fairy shrimp.

Researchers figured out how the flow of microplastics flattens ocean waves, letting satellites paint a clearer picture for future policy and cleanup efforts

New mask studies relying on a medical paradigm do not erase decades of engineering and occupational science that show they work

Young children are taking melatonin gummy supplements, but experts say they should be a last resort to help with sleep

A new program looks to replant warm weather trees in northern Minnesota to help them adjust to a rapidly warming world

Findings suggest that the amyloid-targeting drug candidate slows cognitive decline in some people, but questions remain over its potential side effects

A huge Danish study shows that up to 30 percent of psychosis diagnoses in young men could have been prevented if these individuals hadn’t used marijuana heavily

A tiny, orange Brazilian tree frog may be the first known amphibian pollinator, further broadening our understanding of which animals perform this crucial biological function

Science in meter and verse

Unregulated wild animal markets increase the risk of more epidemics

A curious mathematical phenomenon called Benford’s law governs the numbers all around us

Much of the open-source intelligence (OSINT) community ignores ethical questions and the safety risks of reporting discoveries from the war in Ukraine

High temperature records have been set from Portugal to Thailand as heat waves fueled by climate change have arrived early this spring

Vernal Pools are safe havens for creatures like the fairy shrimp, who have lived through the end of the dinosaurs, the breakup of Pangea, and multiple ice ages, but humans are paving them over.

The World Health Organization has declared that COVID is no longer a “public health emergency of international concern” but cautions that it is still an ongoing health issue