Most adults have levels of a dangerous type of cholesterol above 100, but this new drug can reduce levels to around 50

SpaceX is launching the latest version of its Starship megarocket for a test flight that—if all goes to plan—should look a lot like the last one

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

Skygazers are in for a treat in August, as one of the most spectacular meteor showers coincides with a total solar eclipse

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