After a year of RFK, Jr., heading the Department of Health and Human Services, the “Make America Healthy Again” movement has ...

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Avian enthusiasts around the world will identify and count birds from February 13 through February 16 as part of a massive ...

Valentine’s Day can be a little cliché: red roses, dinner reservations, a box of chocolates— boring. But for those in need of inspiration to make sure their declaration of love stands out from the ...

Here are eight recommendations for novels with enough scientific rigor and romantic spark to light a Bunsen burner. Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid Ballantine Books, 2025 (Tags: ...

The Name a Roach program has made more than $1 million for the city’s zoos in its 15 years of existence, with more than 60,000 roaches named.

The Trump administration’s decision to scrap the “endangerment finding” on Thursday will have wide-reaching consequences for greenhouse gas emissions and, ultimately, could hasten climate change, ...

Rachael Seidler is a professor of applied physiology & kinesiology at the University of Florida. Subscribe to Scientific ...

Four fresh astronauts are on their way to the International Space Station (ISS). On Friday at 5:15 a.m. ET, Crew-12 launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla. aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, kickstarting a ...

Sources say an Army antidrone laser near Fort Bliss prompted a brief FAA airspace closure—spotlighting the hazards of battlefield technology in civilian skies ...

In my January 23, 2026, “The Universe” column, I wrote about some of the biggest bangs the universe has to offer: exploding stars, hiccupping magnetars, stellar disruptions and colliding black holes.

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...