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Duke University evolutionary biologist Mohamed Noor talks about his book Live Long and Evolve: What Star Trek Can Teach Us About Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds.

The satellites, meant to provide worldwide Internet access, are leaving diagonal white streaks cutting across astronomical images.

Although a preprint claiming to find similarities between the new coronavirus and HIV was quickly withdrawn, it nonetheless caused some handwringing among scientists and advocacy for traditional methods of publication.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, on the summit of Haleakala, Maui, in Hawai‘i, will enable a leap forward in understanding the sun and its impacts on our planet.

IN this essay, two scientists explain how volunteering with an organization can improve communication and help you adapt to the unexpected.

Prosecutors say Charles M. Lieber, the chair of Harvard’s chemistry department, lied about contacts with China’s Thousand Talents Program, a state-run initiative that seeks to draw foreign-educated talent.

Two rhenium atoms approach and retreat from one another in an electron microscope video

The National Science Foundation has begun rolling out its biennial science and engineering indicators, which finds that the U.S. is no longer the uncontested leader in science globally thanks to China's big spending efforts.

Meaningful, scientifically valid insights don’t always have to come from large groups, which can miss important detail in studies of pain, nutrition, psychology and other highly personal health issues.

Researchers found a previously unknown alphavirus, one that infects only mosquitoes. They named it the Yada Yada virus, in part because it cannot attack humans and is therefore irrelevant to health.