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Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump offer starkly different responses to gun violence

The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important mechanism of gene regulation in cells

We cover the spread of Marburg virus, a stem cell treatment for diabetes and the way dolphins smile in this week’s news roundup.

California’s lawsuit against Exxon is about ending the lie that most plastic is recyclable

With voting underway, election officials in flood-ravaged North Carolina must mail new ballots and replace destroyed polling places after Hurricane Helene

Experts say the effects of global warming are playing a greater role in where people decide to move

Claims of worlds orbiting Barnard’s star have been made before. But an advanced instrument could provide the breakthrough that finally confirms the star hosts a planetary system

A climate advocate learns firsthand on the price of climate change in our lives, and calls for voters to head off future disasters

Both U.S. presidential candidates voice support for innovation in AI, but Kamala Harris has been more outspoken about its risks to individuals

The night sky isn’t perfectly dark—instead it glows faintly, and the source isn’t exactly local

Today’s mathematicians grapple with higher-order mathematical questions and real-world applications.

People living near industrial facilities often have few details about the chemicals inside, which poses major risks when floods occur

Polls show an increased number of Black women voters back Kamala Harris. Her emphasis on maternal mortality, reproductive rights and gun control may be contributing

Only 2 percent of households in parts of Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina that were flooded by Hurricane Helene can get insurance payments

 FDA medical examiner Frances Oldham Kelsey saved American lives by refusing to approve thalidomide. But millions of pills had been sent to doctors in the U.S. for so-called clinical trials

Sooner or later a doomsday asteroid will wipe out most life on Earth—unless, that is, we prevent threatening space rocks from hitting us in the first place

A model suggests a massive uplift caused by a phenomenon called “river piracy” partly explains Everest’s impressive height

Whoever wins the 2024 presidential election will face heightened nuclear geopolitics, deadlines on nuclear deals with Russia and Iran and decisions on a $2-trillion weapons-modernization effort

Linguist and sociophonetician Nicole Holliday analyzes the language used by candidates in the recent presidential and vice presidential debates

Wiring diagram lays out connections between nearly 140,000 neurons and reveals new types of nerve cell