As NASA plans for longer spaceflights to the moon and Mars, a better menu is important both nutritionally and psychologically ...

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Extreme heat is hitting India hard. One physician is trying to understand the health impacts, and help Indians prepare for ...

A Florida research team catches and releases about 600 sharks a year to monitor their populations and study the health of ...

Andrea Ghez developed a way to peer through dust clouds and observe stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center ...

In the last couple months, Vermont, Alabama, and Oklahoma have passed data privacy laws. Massachusetts is negotiating its own version. Meanwhile, congressional lawmakers have introduced national ...

In “The Lost Voices of Pompeii,” ordinary people live their lives and seek to be remembered in the turbulent years before Mt. Vesuvius erupts. The following is an excerpt from “The Lost Voices of ...

Unlock the secrets of the chambered nautilus in a puzzle adventure game from Science Friday and Grand Gamers Guild.

An outbreak of the foodborne illness cyclosporiasis has sent thousands of people running to the bathroom this summer. Health officials have linked the outbreak to lettuce served at Taco Bell locations ...