The health secretary fired the entire panel that recommends vaccines. Plus, the EPA moves to expedite cleanup of Superfund sites.

From lunar missions to a space station to an asteroid rendezvous, China has been making impressive strides in spaceflight.

Tallgrass prairies in the United States were cleared for industrial farms. Can the lost biodiversity be restored?

New research follows a distinct lineage of bedbugs that lived alongside humans for thousands of years, suggesting they might be... more

Manu Prakash wants to map the whole tree of life, with the help of everyone on this planet.

A mysterious polio-like disease could challenge our healthcare infrastructure. And, zooming in on non-cancerous cells in and around tumors.

As funding for US science is slashed, a science photographer and researcher takes a hard look at how scientists communicate... more

Scientists used gene-editing technology to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that would eat the eggs of Australia’s cane toads—and never grow... more

Lace up those comfortable sneakers, and get out your bug spray and field guides, because we’re about to go birder-watching.

Plant biologist Joanne Chory spent her career trying to grow plants that could sequester CO2 in their roots. Her wild... more