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A trio of classified Russian satellites, called Kosmos, has sparked intrigue in space-tracking circles after an unidentified object was launched into orbit

Studying how extraterrestrials might communicate could help prepare for first contact and also hint at the point of language itself

Layoffs at the Department of Health and Human Services have dealt a critical blow to the agency's efforts to manage rising temperatures made worse by climate change

The critically endangered Mexican wolf was mounting a comeback, thanks to a conservation program that dropped fostered wolf pups into wild dens. Then politics happened.

The next year of science on the James Webb Space Telescope has been announced amid mounting budgetary uncertainty that could affect the unparalleled observatory

Beginning in the 1930s, the work—and eventually the life—of Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo, the Dominican Republic’s first female doctor, became threatened by the country’s then new dictator

To protect democracy and counteract the allure of authoritarianism, reduce people's sense of fear and insecurity, psychology research says

A long-awaiting report from CERN explores the feasibility of building a supersized successor to the Large Hadron Collider

The commercial astronauts onboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission are flying closer to Earth’s poles than anyone has before, offering an intriguing opportunity for auroral science

This temporary pacemaker, smaller than a grain of rice, could regulate the heart less invasively

After a stellar Yankees win on Saturday, torpedo bats are in the spotlight. Is there science behind these baseball bats?

New Trump administration tariffs on imported goods could exacerbate a shortage of parts used by the energy industry

A natural experiment in Wales showed that a shingles vaccine might lower the risk of developing dementia

“The risks of remaining silent at this defining time are far greater than the risks of speaking out,” says one scientist regarding the Trump administration’s attacks on science

The spins of some early galaxies could be a clue that the entire observable universe exists within a black hole—except, that is, for all the evidence to the contrary

A long-simmering disagreement over the universe’s present-day expansion rate shows no signs of resolution, leaving experts increasingly vexed

At the heart of the Trump administration’s Signal scandal lies the familiar psychological pitfall of groupthink

A mysterious and often debated aspect of human sexuality colloquially known as “squirting” sparks controversy. This episode explores what research reveals.

The Trump Administration has fired four leaders and thousands of employees at the National Institutes of Health in “one of the darkest days”

The privately funded Fram2 mission is the first ever to take astronauts into polar orbit—and the latest sign of a “new normal” for human spaceflight