A new study in Nature is challenging a conclusion that has become increasingly common across science and technology: that disruptive...

A new study is turning one of the most familiar human behaviors—everyday speech—into a potential window on one of the...

Superstorm Sandy did not end when the winds fell quiet. In New York City, floodwaters, damaged buildings, prolonged dampness and...

Artificial intelligence is moving into one of the most complicated laboratories on Earth: the modern city. In a new study...

Parkinson’s disease treatment is entering an era in which the brain may no longer be viewed as a static target,...

Plastic does not simply disappear when it reaches the soil. It fragments, gathers a living coating, changes how water and...

For decades, astronomers have struggled to explain how black holes containing millions or even billions of solar masses could have...

Rice University researchers have shown that wrinkles only a few atoms wide can transform graphene from a nearly flat sheet...

Louisiana Program Receives More Than $3 Million to Expand Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening A statewide cancer prevention program in...

An international team of astronomers has uncovered a previously hidden chapter in the life cycle of stars by observing fragments...