Since 2014, a virus related to polio has paralyzed hundreds of children. Amid government cuts, what happens if the outbreaks ...

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People are turning to AI chatbots for emotional and social support. While chatbot friends can ease loneliness, they can also ...

Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual ...

It’s time to say goodbye to Universe of Art. Thank you to everyone who listened over the past couple of years. If you’d like ...

The Sci-Tech Awards honor behind-the-scenes technologies that bring movies to life, from car flippers to safe burn gel for ...

Scientists used gene-editing technology to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that would eat the eggs of Australia’s cane toads—and ...

Recent outages at Newark Airport highlighted the challenges facing air traffic controllers. What's the science underpinning ...

A growing number of states are adopting laws that force companies to give consumers better options to repair their devices. Scientists want to understand how commercially available cannabis products ...

Lace up those comfortable sneakers, and get out your bug spray and field guides, because we’re about to go birder-watching.

Grant funding by the National Science Foundation has been cut by more than half this year, bringing the foundation’s science funding to its lowest level in decades. Katrina Miller, who covers science ...