SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Picture an ocean world so deep and dark it feels like another planet – where creatures glow and life survives under crushing pressure.This is the midwater zone, a hidden ecosystem that begins 650 feet (200...

Babies are not ordinarily a fixture of closed-door White House meetings.But when Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, convened a group of women this month for a discussion on nutrition and other topics, a healthy-eating activist who calls...

Michelle RobertsDigital health editor, BBC NewsGetty ImagesThe UK has a new watch list of 24 infectious diseases that could pose the greatest future threat to public health. Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - while...

Residency programs are where medical students get post-graduate hands-on experience. It's a very competitive process."We are officially excited to welcome you to Match Day 2025," said Dr. DaCarla Albright, associate dean for Student Affairs and...

President Trump has selected Susan Monarez, the acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to lead the agency permanently.The president withdrew his first nominee, Dr. Dave Weldon, just hours before his confirmation hearing. If confirmed by...

Modified floating wood could seed the formation of new sea ice in the Arctic, helping counteract the rapid decline...

Editor’s Note: This advisory was updated March 27, 2025, to add a launch time for NASA’s SpaceX 32nd Commercial Resupply Mission. Media accreditation is open for the next launch to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International...

Taylor Swift may not be the first person who comes to mind when you think about climate change. But more than once, the singer has found herself in the middle of a media storm over her carbon di­oxide emissions....

Science & Exploration 24/03/2025 1853 views 22 likesThe NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured a beautiful juxtaposition of the nearby protostellar outflow known as Herbig-Haro 49/50 with a perfectly positioned, more distant spiral galaxy. Due to the close proximity...

Amber is coveted the world over as both jewelry and a vessel for prehistoric remnants, with rarer specimens preserving ancient water, air bubbles, plants, insects or even birds.Typically, amber forms over millions of years as tree resin fossilizes, but...