A study of 70,000 earthquakes finds tiny tremors often precede larger fracking-linked quakes, offering a warning to halt ...

Appalachia is a hotspot of landslides, but many there can’t afford to move away or mitigate the danger, a new study finds.

NASA’s attempt to save the falling Swift telescope failed, revealing the realities of the burgeoning field of satellite ...

Capuchins hunt and eat small vertebrates more often as plant foods wane. The behavior may help us learn more about humans’ ...

A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just ...

Artemis IV will put people on the moon’s surface for the first time in 50 years. NASA research reveals the microbes that ...

A personalized mRNA vaccine paired with Keytruda may help keep skin cancer from returning after surgery, a large clinical ...

Children exposed to World War II sugar rationing had lower dementia and Alzheimer’s risk decades later, data suggest.

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Jake Buehler is a freelance science writer, covering natural history, wildlife conservation and Earth's splendid biodiversity, from salamanders to sequoias. He has a master's degree in zoology from ...

Sophie Hartley is a Fall 2024 science writing intern at Science News. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Human ...