SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Bioengineer Rohan Ingrole needed to floss a mouse’s teeth.The intent wasn’t to help mice get a clean bill of health at the dentist. Each bit of store-bought floss was coated with dead influenza viruses, or lab-made bits and pieces...

Telescopes trained on the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have revealed that it looks much like comets found in the outer...

Lush forests and crisp mountain air have drawn people to New York’s Adirondack Mountains for centuries. In the late 1800s, these forests were a haven for tuberculosis patients seeking the cool, fresh air. Today, the...

A beautiful menace is on the move in the United States. Polka-dotted, red-and-gray-winged insects are gliding along sidewalks, climbing on plants and crawling up buildings. Spotted youngsters are leaping away to avoid a sticky end at the bottom of...

We live in an age of exoplanet discovery, and have discovered several thousand planets orbiting distant stars. These discoveries hold important lessons about planetary formation and solar system architecture. But we're...

A young patient from Panama got a special trip to see the Philadelphia Phillies, thanks to the kindness of strangersDylan Morales, 9, is still feeling the love at the Ronald McDonald House in Camden, New...

Data shows that Black women are dying during childbirth at alarming rates, and the crisis is especially urgent in Brooklyn, which has the city's largest Black population.A local organization is stepping up with specialized support...

BBCThe medics working in Brixham though are convinced their local, preventative approach can benefit not just the fishing community but the wider health service. "We've managed to find new diabetic patients who otherwise may have gone on to develop...

For the first time, a stunningly powerful X-ray laser has revealed minuscule atomic motions in a molecule that should...

Data provided by the water satellite, a joint effort between NASA and the French space agency, is helping to improve tsunami forecast models, benefitting coastal communities. The SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) satellite captured the tsunami spawned by an...