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This annual meteor shower occurs as Earth passes through the dusty debris left behind by Halley’s Comet as it journeys around the sun

A new analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies—and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain.

The FDA rejected the promising skin cancer drug RP1 twice, leaving many puzzled and worried about what this means for other drug approvals

Just like vertebrates, cephalopods—such as octopuses and squid—have elaborate brains. Neuroscientists are flocking to them for insights into how intelligence evolved.

While there is no immediate danger, this crash highlights that space junk is increasingly expanding out of lower-Earth orbit

This next-generation plane is made to go faster than sound without producing a full sonic boom

Nearly a third of all U.S. adults are sleeping fewer than the recommended seven hours per night on average

A draft bill would preserve NASA’s overall funding but downsize the National Science Foundation’s budget by 20 percent.

The migration of birds from their southern wintering grounds to their breeding grounds in the north is in full swing

The Kardashev scale is an interesting but flawed gauge of a civilization’s growth

Rate limits on Claude and other tools could hint at a deeper squeeze on the chips, power and data centers needed to run advanced AI. Researcher Lennart Heim explains

Tracing how psychedelics have undergone a revival in the U.S. and what the White House’s new psychedelic push means for research