Voters supported abortion rights measures while electing antiabortion candidates in the 2024 election. The split reflects a ...

A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Called Olbers’ paradox, the seemingly simple mystery of the sky’s darkness is something that stumped astronomers for ...

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The Trump administration could embolden Republicans to make sweeping changes to how the affordable care act functions and is ...

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Scientists are piecing together the brain processes that underlie the wide-eyed wanting-to-know we generally think of as ...

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Oil rigs around the world are habitats for marine species. When they stop producing oil, should they be removed or allowed to ...

Every oceanographer I know who is studying the controversial idea of coaxing the ocean to absorb extra carbon dioxide from the atmosphere remembers the moment they decided to start this ...

But formal AI assistants could empower larger groups of human collaborators to tackle the biggest problems by breaking them ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy sparked a revolution in scientists’ understanding of the origins of ...