For years, science students have been taught a simple equation: the harder the institute is to enter, the brighter the future ...

Every year, the Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count draws tens of thousands of birders (and sometimes “SOBs” and “FOBs” — spouses and friends of birders) for the 126-year-old event that blends ...

Fake scientific studies are no longer a fringe nuisance. They are being produced and sold at such scale that, according to ...

The University of Maine (UMaine) at Machias has created a new public database that collects information on soft-shell clams ...

Consumer Reports CEO Phil Radford highlights CR's efforts to provide consumers with trusted, science-based health information, such as its guide to supplements.

Mind-blowing science books offer a staggering look at the secret logic of fungi, the evolution of the human mind, and the ...

Police agency Europol has imagined a not-so-distant future in which criminals hijack autonomous vehicles, drones, and robots.

For more than 50 years, America’s official position on marijuana has been seen as nonsensical. By classifying pot as a ...

Catch the wolf supermoon and Quadrantid meteor shower as January’s night sky puts on a celestial double feature.

Companies like Phoenix Tailings, which recently began producing metal in New Hampshire, are using new processing methods to ...

In a decades-long effort, researchers have discovered how to tweak the molecular pathways that turn heart muscle motors up or down ...