A gradual dimming and brightening when a star passed behind it suggested the mini-Pluto was wrapped in a thin layer of air.
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In the final stages of his dementia, a long-lost memory from childhood returned, perfectly formed. What was going on in his brain?
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Scientists say as glaciers retreat in a warming climate, landslide-generated tsunamis are likely to become more frequent.
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Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found might change how we study both species.
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A long-neglected fossil seems to show the evolutionary leap that let the ancestors of today’s many-legged arthropods crawl forth from the seas.
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France must decide what to do with two orcas marooned at a deserted marine park: move them to another park, or release them into an open-water sanctuary.
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Internal Interior Department documents show parks are imposing sweeping changes like expanding areas where firearms can be used and allowing game to be cleaned in restrooms.
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For decades, conservatives were adamantly opposed to the use of drugs like psilocybin and LSD. Now, the Trump administration has made a sharp pivot.
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The Tampa disappeared in 1918 with 131 British and American personnel and civilians aboard. It was the largest single American naval combat loss of life in World War I
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Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist.
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In an unusual move, a North Dakota court said Greenpeace International shouldn’t be allowed to pursue a lawsuit in Europe, where it is based, against the company.
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It may look like vanity, but it’s a debilitating mental health condition.
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Kirsten Beyer was assessing the benefits of improving school playgrounds in Milwaukee. Then her E.P.A. grant was canceled.
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The initial files are murky images that show what could be anything. The government said more would be released on a rolling basis.
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The Bureau of Land Management will allow the use of the spring-loaded traps, which can kill coyotes and other animals that prey on livestock.
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A White House task force called for speeding up aid and responding to fewer disasters. But some of its ideas would require action by Congress to become reality.
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The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.
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The health agency has been particularly strict in abolishing at-home work, overriding accommodations that were granted years before the pandemic.
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More miles of the country’s rivers were reconnected last year thanks to dam removals than at any other time in history.
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Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ecosystem collapse could unfold.
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He began practicing sports psychology before it was a profession, teaching athletes the importance of mental resilience and how to cultivate it.
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After deep cuts last year, the agency is hiring hundreds. But fears linger that it isn’t equipped for imminent tornado and hurricane threats.
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With cutting-edge sports medicine and sci-fi gadgetry, more and more athletes are figuring out how to extend their careers.
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Against expert advice, people are using new and unpredictable synthetic drugs to experiment on themselves in hopes of becoming free of addiction.
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Sources like wind and solar can now deliver continuous power, according to a new report. And, they’re often a bargain compared with fossil fuels.
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Since the family of rodent-borne infections were identified in the 1950s, they have turned up all over the world.
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The agency’s scientists and data contractors reviewed millions of patient records for studies that were pulled back before release.
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Known for their speed, the Eta Aquarids will reach their peak on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
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The health secretary has long complained that Americans overuse psychiatric medications. New policies he is introducing aim to change that.
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The delays, which companies say have worsened significantly in recent weeks, are the latest step in the Trump administration’s efforts to block wind power.
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Inside a former convent on an island, immersive artworks invite visitors to “stretch their sense of self to include the vastness of the ocean.”
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The Justice Department is seeking to block a lawsuit filed against major players in the fossil fuel industry over their role in climate change.
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The drugs are 10 times more dangerous than fentanyl. They are showing up in street drugs in the South and the Midwest, and will most likely spread to other regions.
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Unusual opioids are infiltrating street drugs. Knoxville’s top forensic doctor is on the front lines, pressing to quickly identify the most lethal.
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Some screenings and treatments no longer make sense for patients as they age. Researchers have just added a few more to the list.
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During President Trump’s second term, the disaster declarations that unlock money are taking longer than in the past. Blue states wait the longest and they hear ‘no’ more often.
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