In an interview about the new book he co-authored, Science Under Siege, Hotez talks about forces driving the anti-science ...

Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) are surgically implanted devices that link the brain to a computer. They can be helpful for ...

New dietary guidelines are coming soon. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promised the days of skim milk and other ...

In recent weeks, we’ve seen a seismic shakeup inside the Department of Health and Human Services and unprecedented discord ...

Mars is known for its barren desert landscape and dry climate. But two recent studies in the journals Nature and Science go ...

NPR's Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave talk about an innovation in plastic recycling, the link between smartphones and hemorrhoids and what Mars' structure and ice cream have in common.

Millions of audio recordings of hundreds of bird species have revealed that artificial light is making the birds wake up ...

Kate Marvel is a climate scientist who has testified before Congress and served as lead author of the U.S. National Climate Assessment. But in her new book Human Nature, she takes a different approach ...

Feel like summers are hotter than they used to be? It’s not just your imagination. Climate researchers say that average annual temperatures around the country have been trending upwards for the past ...

It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The scores reflect the state of student achievement in early 2024.

Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar was a phenomenon in 2014. Set in the future, Earth has been struck by a global crop blight.

The Nation's Report Card was released for 12th grade math and reading, along with 8th grade science. Scores dipped across the board, following a decade long decline.