Science

Robert J. Zimmer, a mathematician who as president of the University of Chicago championed diversity not only quantitatively, in the...

At first it looks like a slightly more hairy rodent. But the spiny mouse’s body is full of secrets. Found...

They can bolster the coastlines, break the force of hurtling waves, provide housing for fish, shellfish, and migrating birds, clean...

The White House is seeking to preserve funding for key components of the federal coronavirus response in debt limit negotiations...

Even in medieval times, recycling was in vogue: Bits of parchment salvaged from older handwritten manuscripts were often used to...

If a multiday blackout in Phoenix coincided with a heat wave, nearly half the population would require emergency department care...

Four decades ago, medical researchers reached out to ailing families in Colombia for insights into Huntington’s disease. Scientists are just...

When the health workers arrived at Upendo Primary School on the edge of the Tanzanian capital, they instructed girls who...

On May 31st, a significant seminar titled "Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012): 10 Years Since Her Passing" will take place at the...

Arizona, California and Nevada have agreed to take less water from the drought-strained Colorado River, a breakthrough agreement that, for...