Congress made meaningful strides in this year’s National Institutes of Health funding bill by directing federal spending away ...

The mushrooms spread out on the chopping board seemed normal enough. They were rich and dense, and had a strong earthy aroma.

Our universe does host life, but another one might be even better suited for life. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Researchers are studying how hospitable our universe is to ...

Tech advances already show a future of testing in which we might not have to suffer and die while waiting for systems that ...

EXPERTS have uncovered the disgusting experiments carried out almost 500 years ago to cure problems like baldness and ulcers on your privates. Among the ingredients are human poo, lizard heads ...

NASA’s unprecedented decision to prematurely end a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) because of a sick astronaut is shining a light on how the agency prepares for medical problems and ...

A new paper posits that advanced alien civilizations may communicate through subtle flashes, like fireflies do on Earth. The thought experiment suggests that we need to avoid human biases in our ...

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When ET phones home, it could be his last call. Contrary to sci-fi movie depictions, our first contact might not be with a super advanced alien civilization at the height of power. Rather, Ivy League ...

Medical experiments on research dogs could be phased out soon — a change that’s based as much on science as ethics. Pressure is coming from within the scientific community as well as from activists, ...

Officials revealed that an alleged human smuggling operation involving over a dozen individuals has been uncovered inside a Texas home. Authorities with the Texas Department of Public Safety and ...