The billionaire's new job raises tricky First Amendment questions, with implications for public health, says Ari Cohn.

Researchers are sprinting to compile their own datasets and DIY sites. Lawmakers aren't doing much to reverse course.

Fusion technology is a long way from powering a grid — if it ever will. Dozens of fusion startups have launched anyway.

Advocates and transgender people are worried the directive will discourage medical care they consider to be lifesaving.

I ndia extracts more groundwater than any other country worldwide, even more than the U.S. and China combined. In 2024, the ...

As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown quickly and in huge quantities. Onyeaka wondered ...

In “Seven Deadly Sins,” neurologist Guy Leschziner explores the science behind Dante’s greatest transgressions.

What are the odds of an asteroid of dangerous dimensions striking the planet? If you wait long enough, it’s 100 percent. And they don’t even have to be especially gargantuan to cause widespread harm: ...