March 14, 2026: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you ...

Researchers may have finally traced 1977’s famous extraterrestrial anomaly back toward massive, naturally occurring hydrogen ...

T cell activation—the process by which these key immune defenders recognize threats and mobilize against them—depends on exquisitely timed molecular signals. Now researchers have captured one of the ...

Several of the Earth’s systems are changing faster than predicted as global temperatures rise, scientists say.

The bright colors of butterfly wings, the sweet aromas of flowers, and the euphonious melodies of songbirds all evolved as ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered how calcium signaling channels in microglia—the primary immune cells of the brain—regulate neuroinflammation and promote the development of behaviors ...

Solid-state batteries could be safer and more energy-dense than today’s lithium-ion technology, but finding materials that allow ions to move quickly through solid electrolytes has been difficult.

A nationwide STAT survey of NIH-funded researchers reveals that, a year after Donald Trump's return to the White House, many ...

America is going back to the moon, in the process, rejecting a decade-long policy called the "precautionary principle." ...

AGs from 24 states ask the Trump Cabinet officials to investigate green grants that could shape how judges rule in climate cases.

An American physicist and Canadian computer scientist received the A.M. Turing Award on Wednesday for their groundbreaking work on quantum key cryptography.

Fossils found in Niger belong to a newly identified Spinosaurus species that had a dramatic skull crest and likely hunted fish by wading, researchers reported.