Science

Where did the moon come from? The most popular theory says that about 4.5 billion years ago, a Mars-size protoplanet...

Can you talk about the health impacts of climate change without mentioning the burning of fossil fuels, its leading cause?A...

A year ago, the Food and Drug Administration announced new regulations allowing the sale of over-the-counter hearing aids and setting...

Five years and change. That’s how long humans can keep pumping carbon into the atmosphere at our current rate before...

If you loathe cockroaches, you’re going to love the emerald jewel wasp.Females of the species Ampulex compressa, known also as...

For biologists, menopause is baffling. If natural selection favors genes that produce more descendants, why don’t women remain fertile their...

The idea of a chicken running around with its head cut off, inspired by a real-life story, may make it...

The Toll: Nearly five days of poor mental health a month.Federal researchers tracked self-reported mental health symptoms among more than...

Donlin M. Long, a pioneering neurosurgeon whose brain research helped millions of patients manage pain and who collaborated on the...

In rural Iowa, Peg Sandeen recalls, living with AIDS meant living under the cloud of your neighbors’ judgment. After her...