For people with eczema, stress can trigger flare-ups and worsen their itchy rashes. But the link between stress and skin ...

The science-fiction film Project Hail Mary sees Ryan Gosling go to space in a state of suspended animation. But does the science suggest that’s possible?

Infectious disease experts say shots against meningococcal meningitis can be lifesaving during an outbreak, but U.S.

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This year’s Abel prize, an annual mathematics lifetime-achievement award, bestowed by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and modeled on the Nobel Prize, has been given to Gerd Faltings, a ...

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Eight states have set all-time high temperature records for March during this heat wave. On Wednesday in North Shore, Calif., the temperature soared to a stunning 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees ...

Autism researchers are working to counter a federal autism advisory panel that they say has vaccine skeptic members and a ...

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For years, ACIP has advised U.S. vaccine policy. But after changes to its members made by health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. were challenged in court, the Trump administration is apparently chang ...

Scientists have found the oldest direct evidence for tectonic motion on Earth by more than half a billion years ...

Whether it’s a canary’s chirp or a treefrog’s croak, humans tend to prefer many of the same sounds that animals do themselves, a new study finds ...