SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Severe airway inflammation impairs the ability of mice to learn when a dangerous situation is no longer a threat,...

Even hearing the phrase “Huntington’s disease” will make a room suddenly somber. So the joy that accompanied a recent announcement of results of an experimental gene therapy for the deadly diseases signaled an unfamiliar sense of hope.In a small...

Challenge Materials The 2025 Challenge Materials are coming soon. Register now to get copies as soon as they are released.Detailed Background DocumentAn uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) can be defined as an aircraft without an operator or flight crew onboard the...

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Golden sunglint highlights Lake Balkhash in this May 31, 2016, photo taken from the International Space Station. The large lake in Kazakhstan is one of the largest lakes in Asia and is the 15th largest lake in the world. Since...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found.The findings, published Thursday, are based on...

An exploding star may have sent cosmic shrapnel flying to hit Earth 10 million years ago, and astronomers have...

There was something strange about the turquoise-colored songbird flying around San Antonio in 2023. With its black-and-white tail bands and its jeering honk, it somewhat resembled and sounded like a blue jay. But it had the face and low,...

Before 2013, divers on North America’s west coast rarely saw purple sea urchins. The spiky animals, which are voracious kelp eaters,- were a favorite food of the coast’s iconic sunflower sea stars. The giant sea...

Since the beginning of September, temperatures in the atmosphere above Antarctica have soared by over 35°C (63°F), while wind...