Protecting people from lead poisoning requires developing and using powerful tests

President Biden made big promises about what his climate and energy agenda could deliver during his State of the Union speech

Private DNS encrypts DNS queries made by your device to a DNS server,but it isn’t needed when using a VPN.

Learning to observe bodily sensation is a powerful strategy for improving mental health

Designating an IVF embryo as a person reveals the radical impact of an extreme antiabortion argument gone mainstream

Exorbitant launch costs and daunting engineering challenges make the dream of space- based solar power look dicey for the space agency

One in seven species of deepwater sharks and rays is threatened with extinction because of the liver oil and meat trade and emerging fishing technologies that make it possible to catch deep-sea fishes

A marine heat wave last year undercut efforts to regrow coral reefs off Florida’s coast. Conservationists are worried this year could be problematic, too

New studies in bees and chimps challenge the long-held assumption that only humans can learn from innovative peers

In 1910 an Anglo-Irish woman named Lilian Bland built a plane with little to no encouragement from her family or aviation enthusiasts. Shortly after the plane took off, she quit flying and moved on...

Large numbers of people in Gaza are experiencing malnutrition. Studies of famines in other countries show they can have long-lasting impacts on people’s health and even that of their descendants

In an era of budget-busting mega-telescopes, we shouldn’t forget the importance of smaller telescopes, more focused missions and the unexpected surprises they reveal about the universe

The next year of science for the James Webb Space Telescope has been selected. It includes remote galaxy observations and, at last, a hunt for exomoons

Science is becoming more diverse, but to make it more welcoming we need to examine our history and not repeat it