Two Theories of Consciousness Faced Off. The Ref Took a Beating.
What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way.
What makes humans conscious? Scientists disagree, strongly, as one group of peacemakers discovered the hard way.
We naked apes need Band-Aids, but shedding the fur that speeds healing in other mammals may have helped us evolve other abilities.
With federal support, Environmental Health Perspectives has long published peer-reviewed studies without fees to readers or scientists.
The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future.
Animal testing remains a fundamental part of biomedical research. But as funding evaporates, mice, rats and even monkeys may be euthanized.
The spacecraft are the online giant’s entry into beaming wireless service from space, but the company has much to do before it can compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.
Females reign supreme in bonobo society by working together to keep males in their place.
The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests they were more closely related to Greeks.
We explain the administration’s cuts to research.
New data collected from more than 200,000 people across the world shows that young people aren’t as happy as they used to be.
In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.
At a congressional hearing, one executive welcomed President Trump’s “starting gun” to begin mining. Democrats and Republicans clashed over environmental and business concerns.
Panama’s location between two continents and two oceans explains why it’s a geopolitical hot spot, and why it has so many stunning birds.
The Trump administration told researchers it was “releasing” them from their roles. It puts the future of the assessment, which is required by Congress, in doubt.
A new proposal to combat PFAS contamination, announced by the Environmental Protection Agency, left critical questions unanswered.
For a limited group of cancer patients who have solid tumors in the stomach, rectum, esophagus and other organs, an immunotherapy trial offered stunning results.
Medicines and chemicals are huge exports for European Union countries. That makes the sector a weak spot as trade tensions drag on.
Even though Liberal candidate Mark Carney has a lengthy climate policy résumé, Trump’s threats have nearly drowned the issue out of the campaign.
An administration document aimed at eradicating paper straws highlights the dangers of PFAS chemicals. Their presence in tap water nationwide hasn’t gotten the same attention.
Studies in neuroscience with applications to humans offer clues about what makes us start eating, and when we stop.
An idealistic ophthalmologist, he came up with an ingenious way to treat blindness in far-flung places: by outfitting an airplane with an operating room.
A recent executive order would accelerate mining in little-understood undersea ecosystems.
The New England Journal of Medicine received a letter suggesting that it was biased and compromised by external pressure. Other journals have also received the letter.
After 20 percent of the agency’s work force was cut, federal health officials have decided to bring back some experts and review firings to fill gaps in critical roles.
A $56 million grant to train emergency responders and supply them with the overdose reversal spray, plus other programs that address addiction, could be eliminated.
A new executive order pits the United States against the rest of the world over the question of who can exploit mineral resources in shared waters.
The decades-long research effort has contributed to thousands of research papers, altering medical care for women around the world.
Carnivorous caterpillars discovered on the Hawaiian island of Oahu have a freaky fashion sense.
A tiny division responsible for overseeing services for people with disabilities and older Americans is being dismantled as part of an overhaul by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.
Acadia Healthcare’s chief executive was awarded a $1.8 million bonus to respond to “unprecedented governmental inquiries” into allegations of holding psychiatric patients against their will.
The measure will require geolocation data to show that beans aren’t linked to deforestation. Farmers say they need more time to prepare.
A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the Roman Empire.
Vermont was the first state to try to hold polluters accountable for climate disasters. New research aims to assign specific responsibility.