Healing a wound without leaving a scar is something we could all do while in the womb. But unlocking this ability after birth ...

It was here, surely with the help of this lovely library collection, that Hale invented the spectrohelioscope, which you can ...

The month’s sharpest science shots, selected by Nature ’s photo team.

In 1862, jewelry engraver and amateur photographer William H. Mumler was developing a self-portrait in his Boston studio when a ghostly image began to surface. Just below his own image in the photo ...

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...

The researchers found that mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines could potentially help patients whose tumors don’t respond well to ...

“A magazine, when properly conducted, is the nursery of genius; and by constantly accumulating new matter, becomes a kind of market for wit and utility.” Thomas Paine made this (true) statement in ...

Climate change deniers love to point out that plants flourish when carbon dioxide levels rise. As we burn fossil fuels, their thinking goes, the Earth will become greener and even more supportive of ...

As telescopes peer into the universe, they sometimes see quirks of nature that magnify faraway objects. These eight galaxies recently imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) appear stretched, ...

It's totally fair in the unwritten rules of baseball, but it doesn't make Philly fans any less outraged. With all of that context, Roberts, 53, has an off day, so naturally why not get a photo with ...

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A man mauled at a remote campsite sent photos of a bear to his family before his death, Arkansas sheriff’s deputies said. The Arkansas State Crime Lab ruled the man’s death an animal mauling and the ...