Science

The human body is an amazing, curious, and disgusting thing. At any given moment, millions of tiny lifeforms are making their way across your body—both inside and out. And now,...

Forever chemicals continue to make headlines. A new study has now linked the handy but pesky chemicals known as PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) to cancer diagnoses tied to communities...

Websites on HPV vaccinations, data on high schoolers’ health habits, information on programs to end violence against women and girls: all began disappearing from government websites this week, as agencies...

The animal kingdom is full of interesting and wacky creatures. For every overly cute creature like the Shawn-the-sheep nudibranch, there are strange and weird creatures like the red-fronted lemur. This...

If scorching heat waves, destructive storms, prolonged droughts and rising seas aren’t enough to make some folks fear the consequences of climate change, perhaps this will do the trick: The...

For the first time in over two decades, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new pain medication that could change how we manage acute pain. The...

WASHINGTON — The man who hopes to be President Donald Trump’s health secretary repeatedly asked to see “data” or “science” showing vaccines are safe – but when an influential Republican...

For centuries, we’ve viewed the Moon as dead, its surface frozen in time since ancient volcanic activity faded billions of years ago. However, new research suggests this might not be...

Over the past few decades, rising ocean temperatures have become a major concern for scientists and environmentalists alike. While climate change has long been linked to warmer seas, new research...

President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a “next-generation missile defense shield” that can “defend its citizens and critical infrastructure against—any foreign aerial attack on the Homeland” is technically and...