NASA Announces Two Media Briefings on Latest Solar Mission

NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) scientists will discuss Solar Orbiter, the agencies’ collaboration set to…

A Zika vaccine could save suffering and costs

A new study found that routinely giving the Zika vaccine to women of childbearing age could…

A new blood component revealed

Does the blood we thought to know so well contain elements that had been undetectable until…

New experimental vaccine for African swine fever virus shows promise

Government and academic investigators have developed a vaccine against African swine fever that appears to be…

The Making of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Was as Far Out as the Movie

A jumble of memorabilia, storyboards and props, an exhibit illustrates the whirl of influences behind Stanley…

California will be hit hard as Trump administration weakens clean water protections

Defying environmentalists and public health advocates, the Trump administration on Thursday will announce the replacement of…

Trump removes protections for waterways, aiding developers

The Trump administration is lifting protections for some of the nation’s millions of miles of streams,…

Racial discrimination in mortgage market persistent over last four decades

A new Northwestern University analysis finds that racial disparities in the mortgage market suggest that discrimination…

Book chronicles history of gender-neutral pronouns, from Shakespeare to email

Email signatures are almost as likely to include the preferred gender pronouns of the senders as…

Research expands bilingual language program for babies

Knowledge of multiple languages has long been shown to have lifelong benefits, from enhancing communication skills…