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It may seem like everyone is either getting COVID-19 this summer, or knows someone who has. That’s b

New research suggests that polymetallic nodules found 13,000 feet deep produce “dark oxygen” by elec

One of the hottest fields in astronomy right now is the search for exoplanets. NASA’s Exoplanet Arch

“Cancer” is a dreaded word in the doctor’s office. But about 40% of us will be diagnosed with cancer

The University of Hawaiʻi study will be the largest of its kind to investigate the health and social

You know that disappointing feeling when you’re ready to make a delicious meal, but you crack open t

If nations are to meet their sustainable energy goals, experts argue that batteries will be a crucia

Last year, almost half of the honeybee colonies in the U.S. died, making it the second deadliest yea

What A Rodent Brain Shows Us About Love–And LossLove has the reputation of being a fairly unique hum

In a first, NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered pure sulfur on Mars. And, we revisit a conversatio

According to a 2022 study, just over 4% of Americans said they had consumed raw milk in the past yea

Researchers developed a prototype of a space suit that could replace the high-absorbency diapers tha

Many kids dream of becoming marine biologists. But even folks who commit fully to studying life in t

Last month, the first psychedelic therapy treatment came before the Food and Drug Administration for

The foot-long meteor passed through the Earth’s atmosphere near the Statue of Liberty. Don’t worry,

If you’ve tried to get prescriptions filled in the last year or so, a pharmacist may have told you,

The gut microbiome is an important ecosystem of microbes that lives in each one of us, and its stren

In shallow water not far from the Florida Keys’ famed Seven Mile Bridge, a herd of the state’s flamb

In early June, New York Governor Kathy Hochul blocked a congestion pricing plan from going into effe

As the James Webb Space Telescope marks two years of operations, NASA unveils a new image of two gal