Kitsissut is a nightmare for modern sailors. It’s a remote cluster of islands in the High Arctic, choked by fog, battered by shifting winds, and hemmed in by lethal currents. Most people (even ...

For nearly a century, astronomers have known that the universe is expanding. Most galaxies are carried outward with the flow ...

In a rare and surprising move, the FDA has issued a “Refusal to File” letter for Moderna’s mRNA-1010 influenza vaccine.

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Fossilized footprints are among the most abundant traces dinosaurs left behind. But linking a track to its corresponding ...

For 12,400 years, the cave’s arid air preserved two small scraps of elk hide stitched together with twisted fiber. These ...

For more than 6 decades, NCAR has shown that open, collaborative science can save lives, support economic resilience and ...

Scientists call this speck LUCA — the Last Universal Common Ancestor. Since the concept of LUCA first emerged, it has ...

A new study, published in the journal PLOS One, argues that this kind of enduring grief after a pet’s death can reach the ...

Autism has always been framed as a condition that mostly affects boys. Yet after tracking more than 2.7 million people born ...

As Valentine’s Day approaches, finding the perfect words to express your feelings for that special someone can seem like a ...