Proposed federal rules would rely on political appointees to decide how a lot of U.S. science gets done. History shows the ...

Terrestrial planets experience landslides in spades, and so do some moons, asteroids and comets. But — until now — they’ve ...

There’s never been a good method to check for violations of the Outer Space Treaty’s prohibition of nuclear weapons in space.

The HER Salt Lake Contraceptive Initiative’s approach, which centered the user and made refills easy, meant all types of ...

Two studies of Neandertal remains suggest their newborns were about the same size as those of modern humans but developed ...

It’s not easy living the high life. Take it from the Andean leaf-eared mouse, Earth’s highest-dwelling mammal. To tolerate ...

The gold standard of scientific review, peer review by researchers’ colleagues, is in crisis. AI might offer a solution but ...

The ambitious expedition aims to fill data gaps about the glacier-sea boundary to predict when the world might tip into a ...

Marine cloud brightening could cool part of the Pacific and weaken extreme El Niños, simulations suggest. But the approach ...

Fake, painted decoys suggest immature coloring acts as a social signal, reducing aggression from territorial nesting gulls.

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s latest exhibit, “From These Lands,” connects visitors with America’s natural history ...

The High-Luminosity LHC, planned to switch on in 2030, could help physicists unravel mysteries about the Higgs boson, dark ...