Astronomers have found a world shrouded in an atmosphere of water vapor, orbiting a star 100 light-years away.

Recent clinical trials of weekly insulin highlight how this formulation may be useful in managing diabetes, but the drug has limitations.

A new study comparing the health outcomes of Medicaid patients with and without a doula suggests the extra support during pregnancy may be beneficial.

New video upsets the old notion that these birds of paradise use wing clapping to make percussive sounds while courting.

The summer after wildfire smoke blocked sunlight for long stretches, harvests at some almond tree orchards in California’s Central Valley dropped.

The United States’ reputation as an exemplar of democracy appears to be eroding. In a poll taken earlier this year, almost three-quarters of U.S. respondents agreed that the country’s democracy “used ...

The podcast ‘Does It Fly?’ asks whether the technology of Star Trek, Doctor Who and other popular sci-fi shows could really work.

Climate change is putting monarch butterflies’ overwintering forests in Mexico at risk. Could planting new forests solve that problem?

The annual Small World photomicrography competition, now in its 50th year, puts life’s smallest details under the microscope.

Concern about the health of democratic governments has been rising worldwide, and one of the key metrics researchers use to measure the robustness of a democracy is its ability to conduct free and ...

Two dark matter experiments have spotted signs of neutrinos knocking into atomic nuclei in their detectors. The finding portends a future obstacle for the ...

Cats can flow like liquids through tall crevices, but they solidify a bit as they approach short crannies, new research shows.