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The kids are out of school, and some of the pressures may be off. Here’s how you can further connect with them to make next year a little easier

Employees at the National Science Foundation say they’ve been blindsided by a plan for the Department of Housing and Urban Development to take over their offices

Scientists are just beginning to document sexual synesthesia, a phenomenon that can bring consciousness-altering washes of color and fantastical scenes at the moment of orgasm

Claims that an asteroid or comet airburst destroyed the biblical Sodom captured the public’s imagination. Its retraction shows that scientific conclusions aren’t decided by majority rule in the public square

Answering the question of when consciousness emerges is deeply tied to the mystery of what it actually is and how it can be measured

These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

The bird flu was long known to poultry farmers. Here’s why the dairy industry was caught off guard by its jump to cattle.

New research highlights the risks and occasional rewards of parental perfectionism

When extreme heat arrives, here are science-based tips to keep your home cool, from the most efficient way to use air conditioning to strategic uses of fans

Nuclear policy specialist David Albright explains how his organization is monitoring for damage to nuclear sites following U.S. and Israeli strikes

Inspired by superconductivity, a strange new theory that seeks to explain dark matter might explain dark energy, too

The brain weighs factors based on their importance to oneself and one’s social world as part of a complex calculation that shapes behavior

In the early 20th century, a mathematician and economist sought the optimal strategy for Holmes to escape Moriarty’s pursuit

This explorer spacecraft is heading to a rare asteroid with a naked metal core. It could hold clues to how Earth began

Power-hungry AI and associated data centers could make the grid cleaner, eventually cutting more climate-change-causing emissions than they produce

Massaging one another with kelp could help orcas keep their skin healthy

The first hints that a new strain of avian illness is emerging could be found on this beach on Delaware Bay, where migrating birds flock. Here’s what virus detectives who return there every year know right now.

Astronomy fans can zoom in practically forever into the stunning first images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory

For more than a century, cars have meant freedom, escape and self-reinvention to Americans. Now Tesla’s forthcoming Cybercab makes us ask whether we can have the romance of the open road without actually driving it

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque