Recent federal scrutiny of an additive in some vaccines — aluminum salts — offers a clue about what’s to come.

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is continuing its mission to collect samples despite uncertainty about when or if those ...

Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are among the most powerful explosions in the universe, second only to the Big Bang. The majority of ...

New research reveals organized networks linking paper mills, intermediaries, and compromised academic journals ...

Germany’s new ZB MED is “about ensuring that a single fragile pipeline doesn’t bottleneck good science,” experts write.

From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

The Journal Sentinel profiles people across Wisconsin connected by a desire to heal the earth, following their religious ...

Emily Kwong and Berly McCoy of NPR's Short Wave talk about why swearing might improve physical performance, how birds' bills changed during the pandemic and why scientists are sampling whale breath.

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

In the end, there’s no ethical justification for selective hype by journals or for the lack of skepticism among journalists ...

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space ...