Fusion technology is a long way from powering a grid — if it ever will. Dozens of fusion startups have launched anyway.

Researchers are sprinting to compile their own datasets and DIY sites. Lawmakers aren't doing much to reverse course.

At universities and startups around the globe, researchers are searching for microbes that could be used as food.

I ndia extracts more groundwater than any other country worldwide, even more than the U.S. and China combined. In 2024, the ...

Advocates and transgender people are worried the directive will discourage medical care they consider to be lifesaving.

P resident Donald Trump’s early actions on health care signal his likely intention to wipe away some Biden-era programs to ...

Stefan Kertesz, a physician and addiction expert, says overaggressive cutbacks can harm some chronic pain patients.

Around a decade ago, a patient in the Netherlands went to his doctor with a request for euthanasia. He was in his 40s, suffering from depression and psychosis, and haunted by feelings of despair, ...

What are the odds of an asteroid of dangerous dimensions striking the planet? If you wait long enough, it’s 100 percent. And they don’t even have to be especially gargantuan to cause widespread harm: ...

On some unknown day in 2027, if all goes as planned, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket will launch toward the dark void beyond Earth’s atmosphere, carrying with it the basic makings of a space station that ...