Science

Daniel Oakes was 2½ years old when his mother noticed an unusual glow in his eye. When he moved his head, his right pupil appeared white, like a bleac…

The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is no longer funding research projects focused on informing policymakers about public health effects, accor…

I’ve always been interested in finding eco-friendly toilet paper to reduce my environmental footprint. Recently, I came across ads claiming that bambo…

A ‘super’ El Niño could transform the Amazon. Is the world’s biggest rainforest doomed? El Niño is returning with unusual strength. A huge area of wa…

IC 1101, the largest known galaxy, dwarfs the Milky Way by spanning nearly 1.7 million light-years across—equivalent to 17 Milky Ways lined up side by…

On August 12, when the Moon blocks the Sun over Greenland, Iceland, and Spain, scientists will have a rare opportunity to study the solar corona, the …

Dogs might be better at understanding human feelings than we realize. These furry friends have an amazing ability to sense what people are thinking, n…

Last school year, almost all kindergartners in the Los Angeles Unified School District spent time using screens during school. This year, that has cha…

A new AI tool created by QED Science, a startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, is designed to evaluate life sciences research for originality and validity…

The first flu vaccine using mRNA technology has been approved in the U.S. Moderna’s vaccine, called mFlusiva, uses the same technology as COVID-19 vac…