In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

In a series of announcements late Nov. 22, President-elect Donald Trump shared his nominations for three of the nation's top health positions: CDC director, FDA commissioner and surgeon general. Here ...

Labs around the world are trying to turn cells into autobiographers, tracking their own development from embryos to adults.

Trump Vows to Hit Mexico, Canada and China With Tariff on Day 1 President-elect Trump promised a 25 percent tariff on Canada and Mexico, and an additional 10 percent on China, blaming the flow of ...

New research shows how the beach provides many ways to teach young children about biology, chemistry and physics.

Researchers Samuel Poincloux (currently at Aoyama Gakuin University) and Kazumasa A. Takeuchi of the University of Tokyo have ...

Beside the bluebells and celandines on the woodland floor, Fortey searches for morels, “the most delicious of all fungi”.

Recent findings indicate that the chirality of molecules, critical to life's structure, might not have been as fixed in early ...