The first distant visitor we’ve ever observed

What if a drug could give you all the benefits of a workout?

New York Times reporter Lisa Friedman talks with Melissa Block about EPA administrator Scott Pruitt's latest moves to curb his agency's regulations and shift the focus away from climate change.

Biologists borrowed Hollywood animation techniques and made an accidental scientific discovery.

Researchers claim it's the closest artificial material equivalent to natural muscle.

It took a polymath to pin down the true nature of ‘information’. His answer was both a revelation and a return

Monday, August 21 marks the first total solar eclipse to pass over the mainland United States in nearly 40 years.

Just when we thought we all had enough horrifying stuff on our plates.

Researchers talk of ‘biological annihilation’ as study reveals billions of populations of animals have been lost in recent decades

Airplanes can't fly because it's too hot? That's crazy. No, not if you understand the science behind it.

This drone served in Iraq and Afghanistan—and it's going to take atmospheric data in Alaska next year.

Cognitive neuroscientist Anil Seth's talk about human consciousness was my TED moment.