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Over the past century, most cancer research has focused on the tumor itself. Rakesh Jain focused on the tumor's environment ...

When cases of plague pop up in the US, it can feel straight up medieval. It's treatable, but how and why does it persist?

To save spotted owls in the Pacific Northwest, one plan suggests killing thousands of barred owls. Conservationists and ...

The Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate unusual scientific research—this year including lizard pizza preferences and fingernail growth.

Microbes make up about 99% of all species, but they’re not part of any global conservation plans. One group is trying to change that.

A boom in construction of AI data centers is facing backlash over soaring electricity and water usage, and the resulting ...

The nature documentary series uses new research and photorealistic CGI to bring the huge, bizarre animals of the Ice Age back ...

Across their 10,000 species, sea slugs sport striking colors, external gills, and even the ability to regrow a body from a severed head.