Science

The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists says the world is closer to Armageddon than it has ever been.

A 9-year-old made a jaw-dropping discovery at Calvert Cliffs State Park in Maryland.

Nine-year-old Molly Sampson added something new to her collection of over 400 fossils on Christmas Day: a five-inch, 15-million-year-old megalodon tooth.

Scientists are transforming pig livers to look and act like human ones, part of a quest to ease the nation’s organ shortage.

A species of glass frogs found in South and Central America has the rare ability to turn on and off its transparent appearance.

The significant advance in technology has been decades in the making.

A new Rutgers study suggests that sleep aids may do more than mitigate insomnia: They might also help reduce cravings for those struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. Why? It comes down to a hormone called orexin that stimulates drug and alcohol cravings, more than 10 years of research at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and peer institutions suggest. Addicts…

Manuscripts and documents from Darwin, who was the first to theorize evolution, are considered rarities because Darwin was known to revise many of his writings and often times threw out or reused outdated writings as scraps.

Strange as it sounds, the lighter-than-air element that gives balloons their buoyancy also powers the vital medical diagnostic machines. An MRI can’t function without some 2,000 liters of ultra-cold liquid helium keeping its magnets cool enough to work.

Seven years ago, researchers at Stanford University started an ambitious experiment: They began growing miniature, simplified versions of the human brain from stem cells inside a lab, then later injected that tissue into the brains of newborn rats.

The 2022 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been given to Swedish scientist Svante Paabo

The discoveries of Swedish scientist Svante Pääboo on human evolution provided key insights into our immune system and what makes us unique compared with our extinct cousins, the award’s panel said.

Dr. Dawn Wright made history as the first Black person to go to Challenger Deep, the deepest-known part of the seabed of Earth. Her dive took four hours and was about 10,919 meters below the surface, which is almost seven miles. Wright joins LX to share her experience and the inspiration behind the dive.

A fuel leak forces NASA’s moon rocket launch to be scrubbed for the second time

Whether someone is sitting, standing or lying on their side when swallowing pills can make a major difference in the amount of time it takes for the medicine to start working, Maryland scientists say. A team of researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore found that there is actually a science to posture and taking medication. “It really kind of…

China plans to use a method called “cloud seeding” to increase rain in areas affected by a record-setting drought.

During observation, the spiders’ overnight movements looked a lot like REM in other species — like dogs or cats twitching in their sleep. And they happened in regular cycles, similar to sleep patterns in humans.

The northern lights danced across the skies of Washington state and Montana over the weekend.

According to NASA, the photos taken by the James Webb Space Telescope capture some of the oldest galaxies we’ve ever seen, like a time machine. But what does that mean?

The mummified mammoth was uncovered on June 21 by miners who were digging through the permafrost on Eureka Creek, according to the Yukon government.