Science

Joseph DePasquale, the lead image processor for the James Webb Space Telescope, says seeing its first colour image was an...

Sarah Jaquette Ray has spent her career etching out an academic niche at the intersection of environmental issues and social...

One tiny flick of a microscopic cellular hair, known as a cilium, can’t do much on its own. But together,...

Last month, physicists at Toronto-based startup Xanadu published a curious experiment in Nature in which they generated seemingly random numbers....

Age is the single biggest risk factor for dementia, with the odds doubling about every five years after age 65....

Graphics show how the two weather extremes will more often pair up Credit: Jen ChristiansenAdvertisement Climate change tends to bring...

Since leptin is released by fat cells, scientists believe its presence in the blood is likely to signal to the...

What is science worth? For many researchers, the answer is “priceless.” It's not just that science has provided the basis...

MEXICO Scientists discovered six new species of micro frog, including one that now holds the record for Mexico's smallest frog....

Historically, Shelta Cave was one of the most diverse cave systems in the eastern United States. Long before Niemiller and...

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have the power to regulate power plant...

An international study has identified more than 50 genes on the X chromosome in which mutations may cause poor sperm...

CLIMATEWIRE | Nearly everything needs to go right for America to reach the climate targets set by President Joe Biden....

Stanleycaris hirpex, which lived in the Cambrian period, had two protruding eyes on the side of its head and a...

Researchers in California have flushed a wealth of data out of toilet waste. For the first time, scientists have been...

The latest coronavirus figures from the UK's Office for National Statistics show that around 2.7 million people had covid-19 in...