The skepticism and debate around the question of "are we alone in the universe" makes the field of astrobiology more cautious ...

NASA's newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Paracetamol, also known as acetaminophen, is widely used to treat pain and fever. It is produced from molecules derived from ...

Treating types of cancer with CAR T-cell therapy is expensive and inconvenient, but a streamlined approach that creates the ...

A novel suggestion that complexity increases over time, not just in living organisms but in the nonliving world, promises to rewrite notions of time and evolution.

Quantum computers have been hyped as machines that can solve almost any problem. Yet it is becoming clearer that their near-term utility will be narrower ...

According to my observations, a new generation of consumers is rediscovering foam—but this time they’re trading the plate for ...

PFAS have been linked with a range of health issues including decreased fertility, developmental delays in children, and a ...

Wild-growing tomatoes are on the black-rock islands of the Galápagos are doing something peculiar. They’re shedding millions ...

UC San Diego’s earthquake shake table will test a ten story building built from a lightweight recycled steel to possibly expand its use for tall structures in earthquake zones.

Elizabeth Jonas first got interested in mitochondria by chance. In 1995, she was a postdoctoral researcher at Yale, working ...