Scientists say earthquake prediction is impossible, but studying the 2025 Myanmar earthquake may help forecast when and where the next big tremor could strike.

A new executive order grants Trump appointees authority over all US federal research funding. Critics say the order is an authoritarian assault on science.

Organized networks are infiltrating the academic publishing system to promote fake science, say experts investigating research fraud. A new study highlights the major challenge for modern science.

Even if food aid reaches Gaza, Sudan and other famine zones, complications can arise in malnourished or starving people when they regain access to regular meals. Those complications can be fatal.

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has slashed government spending on mRNA vaccine research. Experts warn it will boost global vulnerability to future pandemics.

Healthy trees contain more than one trillion different bacteria, fungi and viruses, a new study has found. These wood microbiomes could hold clues about forest health and climate change.

Demand for drugs, including weight-loss injections, is sending people to dangerous places to get their medicine. But spotting dodgy marketplaces is not easy.

Earthquakes are part of nature but do not have to be disasters. DW looks at some countries that are showing how preparation, innovation, and determination can save lives.

Genetic analysis of bodies from a 9,000-year-old settlement has revealed clues pointing to unusual societal structures.

Researchers monitored brain activity when people were shown images of sick-looking avatars via VR. The brain appeared to spark an immune response.