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The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by other world powers may alter the environment.

Even in places, like Central Texas, with a long history of floods, human-caused warming is creating the conditions for more frequent and severe deluges.

A medical doctor and former nun, she found an affordable way to expand palliative care in the developing world, bringing pain relief to poor, terminally ill patients.

Looking back at an awkward moment in the history of adolescent psychology.

Firework displays can harm animals and create bursts of pollution with lingering effects, but there are ways to mitigate them.

Despite the unspeakable horror of her youth, she embraced a school of psychotherapy that stresses empathy and the belief that everyone can change for the better.

3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third interstellar visitor to be discovered passing through our corner of the galaxy.

Municipal workers in the South Korean capital region are responding to a summer infestation by spraying water, but residents wish they would break out the poison.

Here’s a rundown on the winners and losers in the legislation muscled through Congress.

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and learn what they really are.

The agency is cutting animal testing of chemicals. Some scientists are concerned, but in the meantime the rats (and zebra fish) need new homes.

Could insect meal and lab-grown meat be a more sustainable, ethical way to feed our cats and dogs?

Records show that a top U.S. regulator rejected the recommendations of agency experts and limited the use of Covid vaccines.

Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world.

To better understand human cognition, scientists trained a large language model on 10 million psychology experiment questions. It now answers questions much like we do.

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

Wind and solar companies were already bracing for Congress to end federal subsidies. But the Senate bill goes even further and penalizes those industries.

Scientists have long sought to understand why sea spiders keep some of their most important organs in their legs.

By ending tax credits for wind and solar power, Senate Republicans may have jeopardized billions in investments in their own districts.

Despite resistance from the medical establishment, he found systemic ways to reduce errors, paving the way for a global standard. Thousands of lives have been saved.