With new satellites and programs, the agency is tackling air quality from all angles—for the health of people and the planet.

For the first time, researchers transferred them to the wombs of female monkeys, where the embryo-like structures produced a response similar to pregnancy.

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By recreating an early state of matter called the quark-gluon plasma, scientists hope to understand the conditions that made the universe what it is today.

Alice Pelton, founder of The Lowdown, the world’s first contraception review platform, discusses the power of equipping women with information.

Meat brewed in bioreactors is on the way, but it’s still too expensive. The solution? Add a whole lot of plants.

An innovative research project delivers new evidence about the challenging life of astronauts on the International Space Station.

Grail’s Galleri aims to screen for many more types of tumor than was previously possible. Large-scale clinical trials are underway.

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Ice can trap pollutants and accelerate their breakdown, with troubling environmental consequences.

New research shows that seabirds’ ingestion of the pollutant scars their insides—a new disease called “plasticosis”—and may disturb their microbiomes.

As climate change makes storms warmer and wetter, the state’s flood control system is struggling to keep up.