In the sport, players take turns hitting a squishy ball off four walls, trying to return it before it bounces twice. But when a perfect “nick shot” is executed, the ball strikes a sweet spot between ...

People who are uninsured or part of a minority racial or ethnic group are underscreened for cervical cancer. Mailing them a self-sample kit may help.

Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

Inside your skull, your brain hums along with its own unique pattern of activity, a neural fingerprint that’s yours and yours alone. A heavy dose of psilocybin temporarily wipes the prints clean.

The Proba-3 spacecraft succeed at creating solar eclipses, kicking off a two-year mission to study the sun’s mysterious outer atmosphere, the corona.

These are the first public images collected by the Chile-based observatory, which will begin a decade-long survey of the southern sky later this year.

With genetic tweaks, E. coli turned 92 percent of broken-down plastic into acetaminophen, charting a path to upcycle plastic waste sustainably.

The whales use quick body movements to tear pieces of bull kelp for use as tools, perhaps the first known toolmaking by a marine mammal.

Alix Morris’s new book, A Year with the Seals, explores humans’ complicated relationship with these controversial marine mammals.

Kelly Benoit-Bird is Senior Scientist and Science Chair at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and an alumna of the 1994 International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), a program ...

Nutrition experts say add more greens and beans to your diet; cooking classes can teach people to make these nutrient-dense foods taste delicious.

John Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution. Science News looks at the forces that led to the trial and how expertise was the big loser.