Hannah Thomasy is a British Columbia-based science journalist covering the weirdest corners of biology. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Atlas Obscura and Undark; find her outside looking ...

A new NASA analysis concludes that it is "reasonable to hypothesize" that living things could have formed the odd organic molecules discovered on Mars.

Professor Younan Xia is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Hopkins well reputed for his extensive experience and work with nanomaterials. He was recently elected to the National Academy of ...

A massive study of more than 270,000 people has uncovered a surprising link between a common amino acid and how long men live ...

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

The nominee for surgeon general kept her most eccentric wellness beliefs largely in check at her confirmation hearing.

Artificial intelligence could reshape both the creation and evaluation of research. But experts warn of risks.

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 ...

Mars’ frozen ice caps may be time capsules for ancient life. Lab experiments show that key building blocks of proteins can survive tens of millions of years in pure ice, even under relentless cosmic ...

Advances in organ and computer models are raising the prospect that some animal experiments could be eliminated. But there ...

A recent study offers new insight into the origin of an object known as the Shroud of Turin. Many consider the sheet to be a holy relic, marked with the impression of a dying man they believe to be ...

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