Asteroids, exploding stars, and feasting black holes swarm in the first-ever batch of nightly alerts from the Vera C. Rubin ...

Obesity leaves a lasting imprint on fat and immune cells in ways that might make weight regain harder to avoid ...

People with aphantasia have no mental imagery—and they’re offering brain scientists a window into consciousness ...

Astronomers captured this stunning image of the Milky Way’s center, revealing a web of gas, dust and stars in extraordinary detail ...

Scientists have used the tragic reality of roadkill to study the spread of invasive species, track animals’ dining habits and even discover new species ...

On Tuesday the U.S. president largely steered clear of his administration’s health care agenda amid a broader push to downplay antivaccine efforts ahead of upcoming midterm elections ...

The disclosure comes about a month after NASA made the decision to evacuate the four members of Crew-11 from the International Space Station ...

A new projection study estimates that nearly a third of women aged 22 to 44 will have been diagnosed with a cardiovascular disease by 2050 ...

A new study explains why basketball shoes make a high-pitched squeaking noise when they rub against the hardwood. The ridges on the sole hold the key ...

Richard Axel resigned from his post co-leading Columbia University’s Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute over his long ties to Jeffrey Epstein ...

The former Harvard president will step back from his teaching and faculty positions at the end of the academic year ...

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