Science

Healthy brains may be built through a process of controlled damage and rapid repair. The most dangerous type of DNA…

The newly painted Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. was supposed to be “American Flag blue.” Instead, on June…

Fruit salad may have been on the menu for some dinosaurs. Over 74 million years ago, there was a richer…

Archaeologists have discovered traces of fires built up to 1.8 million years ago in a cave in southern Africa. The…

Perseverance strikes again with an intriguing — yet unresolved — clue in the search for past life on Mars. In…

A fossil that has puzzled scientists for over 150 years is possibly the largest scorpion known to exist. At about…

The cerebellum, the wizened “little brain” nestled in the base of the skull, may help keep us sharp as we…

Even the relatively clean air typical of North American cities may damage heart arteries, especially in women. Long-term exposure to…

One of the largest tropical permafrost areas in the world may lie beneath the upper flanks of Peru’s tallest volcano…

Flesh-eating, hooked-mouth maggots have wriggled their way back into the United States. As of June 21, 15 cases of New World screwworm have been…