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The new species, Colobus congoensis, may already be endangered

Case numbers of this parasite-caused illness have exploded in the last week. An expert explains how to try and stay safe

A new breakthrough pushes the limits of randomness, bringing a decades-old mathematical mystery closer to resolution

The White House nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to head the nation’s top public health agency

Indonesia is building a new capital city in the heart of Borneo to replace sinking Jakarta. As construction transforms one of the world's most biodiverse rainforests, scientists and their indigenous collaborators are racing to record the sounds of the forest—and preserve generations of ecological knowledge before it's lost.

Equipping spacecraft with x-ray machines could boost safety for long-duration spaceflights—like a crewed mission to Mars

Beta Pictoris d is more than twice the size of Jupiter, but it is a baby compared to its humongous neighbors

Solar eclipses are a rare and brief opportunity for scientists to gather data on everything from the physics of the sun to air pressure in the upper atmosphere

Several children who had aggressive recurrent brain tumors remained disease-free years after this treatment, according to an early-stage trial

Scientists have long suspected that this star cluster was a hotspot for a certain kind of black hole. But for decades, they had been unable to spot any

Smoke from northern Minnesota and western Ontario wildfires may drift over the Great Lakes and Northeast this week, bringing hazardous levels of air pollution to major cities

This massive dinosaur skeleton sold for more than $50.1 million on Tuesday

The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing

What’s the secret to prompting an AI to solve math problems that have left humans stumped? Tell it to believe in itself

Corn has taken the heat for recent Midwest summer humidity—unjustly, according to corn experts

The signature of Sak Tahn Waax, or “White-Chested Fox,” was found inscribed in a 1,000-year-old chamber beneath present-day Guatemala

Record-breaking heat waves are beginning to blur together—here’s why and what’s making them so unbearable

Hundreds of thousands of scientists, including Nobel laureates, warn that changes to the way federal grants are approved would greatly damage American science

Erythrulose—a sugar found in raspberries—is also prevalent in a giant molecular cloud close to our galaxy’s core, scientists have discovered

A 23-year-old student overturned an ancient conjecture about one of math’s simplest operations

Bacteria send protein packages to dormant neighbors to endure antibiotic attack

Alpha-gal syndrome is increasing across the U.S., driven by lone star ticks

The sheer amount of insects that free-range cats consume might surprise you

An ancient sample shows calcite threading through this material’s cracks and pores, offering possible lessons for making modern concrete last longer

Tennis players can return high-speed balls using a combination of reaction and predicting the future

The inaugural launch and first-stage booster recovery of China’s Long March 10B rocket intensifies the nation’s spaceflight rivalry with the U.S.

This climate system is tied to more powerful typhoons, as well as famine and wildfires

A proposed rule change could expose more Americans to higher doses of radiation from nuclear facilities

Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind of natural world we want to build

Other planets have moons, too. Do they get eclipses like we do?

A strange class of comet could explain the enigmatic behavior of ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object—and even shed light on how Earth became habitable

A recent study in the journal Nature carries cosmos-quaking implications for our understanding of the universe—except a new preprint says that it’s wrong

Living at altitudes with less than half the oxygen at sea level, these mice have adapted to their environment in unique ways

Cyclosporiasis case numbers have skyrocketed from several dozen nationwide in June to now more than 1,000 in the state of Michigan alone

New research identifies five distinct sleep subtypes, revealing links between brain patterns, behavior and health

A rare eruption in the Indian Ocean let researchers capture one of the clearest views yet of a seafloor spreading event

A controversial geoengineering proposal suggests that brightening clouds off South America could weaken a burgeoning El Niño, but major technical and ethical questions remain

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent group that offers guidance on what health screenings and medications health insurance should cover

This one-ton elephant seal has gone viral for smashing into cars and infrastructure, but biologists have a more poignant explanation for his behavior

A best-yet measurement of one of general relativity’s most mind-boggling effects is “another feather in Einstein’s cap”

For almost 60 years, a global ban on nuclear weapons in space has held up. But the growing number of satellites and increasing geopolitical tension has scientists worried the moratorium could fail

As rainfall intensifies with climate change, waste flushed out to sea could attract more sharks, putting beachgoers at risk

To align Coordinated Universal Time with Earth’s rotation, a second occasionally gets added to the year. That may change in 2027

Steel support columns in the Midtown building, which is being converted from offices into apartments, may have been overloaded, experts say

During World War II, statistics helped the Allies estimate the number of enemy tanks, which proved essential in the decisive move against Nazi Germany

The sport supplement is popular among health influencers and athletes, who say creatine can help build stronger muscles and sharper brains—but is it legit?

Probing the dawn of the cosmos for clues to how the first galaxies and supermassive black holes formed is no easy feat

The Big Apple’s biannual sunset display is as iconic as it is captivating. Here’s everything you need to know about why the phenomenon happens and how best to view it

Getting as little as 90 minutes less sleep than usual may lead to gaining weight and becoming more sedentary, a new study finds

Both Neanderthals and Homo sapiens may have shared tools and behavioral practices, new research suggests