Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses existential threats to humankind: extreme heat, never-ending drought and a plan to provide Earth with sunlight on demand.

Space scientists aren’t so sure. As light travels from space to the ground, it scatters off molecules in the atmosphere, says ...

For 27 years, the Southwest has been gripped by a historic drought. Scientists think it might be here to stay.

When AI agents hack real systems, the bigger issue may be the human choices that gave them access, autonomy and too few ...

A sickle across the throat and a padlock on the toe were likely meant to keep this 17th-century Polish teen from resurrecting.

New research suggests that Paleodictyon — honeycomb-shaped formations perhaps sketched by da Vinci — are not made by soft-bodied creatures.

As human-caused climate warming destabilizes high mountain regions, the threat of rock-ice avalanches and other glacial ...

Major hormonal milestones in women’s lives are usually associated with changes in brain volume — but a new study shows ...

The XENONnT detector glimpsed the ethereal subatomic particles that are born from the main type of fusion reaction that ...

A cryptic announcement raises questions about the type of weapons and how they could be used. We talked to an expert about the consequences.

Scientists have grown human brain tissue to fill most of a mouse’s cortex, creating a new model for studying brain disease and neural circuits.

An expedition of a deep-sea trench near Australia uncovered the eerie sea spider specimens, whose glow may have been ...