The unprecedented geographic expansion of the virus means there may be a need for a coordinated international response, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

An independent panel of experts advising the Food and Drug Administration is scheduled to vote on Wednesday on whether to recommend to the agency that very young children be allowed to receive shots of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccines.

The data suggest that the Gongwangling remains date from something over 1.6 million years ago, and so they could belong to one of the first human beings to colonize what is now China.

Using ideas borrowed from graph theory, two mathematicians have shown that extremely complex surfaces are easy to traverse.

Due to the low water level, the remains of a 3,400-year-old city that disappeared decades ago emerged on the edge of the reservoir.

International team link spike in deaths at cemeteries in Kyrgyzstan in 1300s to start of plague pandemic.

A mountainside conversation about the difference between hiking in the mountains and exploring caves made him realize that these were two models of scientific research.

"Both sides are very important in science. And fractional calculus gives the possibility of both."

The room was lost even to generations of people who lived and worshiped at the site.

The particle collider at CERN will soon restart. “There could be a revolution coming,” scientists say.

The European Gaia mission’s ever-improving catalogue has become astronomers’ standard reference for the Galaxy.

The space agency on Thursday announced a new study that will recruit leading scientists to examine unidentified aerial phenomena—a subject that has long fascinated the public and recently gained high-level attention from Congress.

It can be hard to believe that it is just an illusion when the Moon looks huge, but it is true. You can actually test the illusion yourself and even capture it with a camera.

Detected by gravitational lensing, the interstellar wanderer may be a hefty neutron star instead

Items approved for drone delivery will include household products, beauty items, office supplies and tech gear, the spokesperson said.

It's still a long way until human-like robots walk among us in our daily lives, but scientists are bringing us one step closer by crafting living human skin on robots.

Earthships have long been an offbeat curiosity for travelers, but through the lens of climate change, they suddenly look like a housing haven.

With its two solar panels, it keeps you juiced for recreation or emergencies.

The Canadian language development theorist Steven Pinker described Lemoine’s claims as a “ball of confusion”.

Colorado-based Solid Power has begun rolling out batteries that will enable electric cars to run much longer on a charge. Meanwhile, Houston researchers announced progress on a solid-state battery for energy storage.

Heat waves can strain your heart and kidneys, so plan ahead for how you’ll find relief during the next hot spell.

Study finds people have ‘astonishing’ levels of compounds thought to disrupt hormones.

Bread is a staple food around the world. Yet, despite its widespread popularity, many people limit bread and other carbohydrates when trying to eat a healthier diet or

lose weight.

As the crisis over access to reproductive health deepens in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been quietly working with two pharmaceutical companies pursuing a historic breakthrough in expanding access to contraception: eliminating the unnecessary barrier of a prescription for the birth control pill, and allowing people to purchase it directly.

Any kind of exercise is good for you, but working out in groups may give you a little extra boost.

Upgrading buildings’ ventilation, filtration and other factors would not only decrease COVID transmission but also improve health and cognitive performance in general.

Is it instinct or spectacle? Drought, desperation, and tourism combine to create a surprising tableau.

Hundreds of shrimp-like creatures were found living 1640 feet beneath Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf.

A single female of the Fernandina Island tortoise species that was thought to be extinct for a century has been found in the Galapagos Islands.

Were the powerhouse organelles a driving force or a late addition in the evolution of more complex cells like ours?

Study could explain why the Earth’s length of day oscillates over the same period.

The guidance may spur water utilities to tackle PFAS, but health advocates are still waiting for mandatory standards.

The US needs to figure out what to do about its radioactive garbage.

About 90 tonnes of methane an hour were released from the Raspadskaya coalmine in January, data shows.

Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers is far more extensive than previously thought – so much so that it now poses a global threat to environmental and human health, according to new research.

As hundreds of companies set climate goals to reach net zero emissions, it’s difficult to tell what’s actually greenwashing.

Common chemicals sprayed on many crops each year are cloaked in bureaucratic uncertainties.

Years before the climate crisis was part of national discourse, this memo to the president predicted catastrophe.

Replacing coal with renewable energy would represent a $78 trillion boon for the global economy, according to new research from the International Monetary Fund.

The reauthorization of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act must not ignore the pharmaceutical industry's contributions to the climate crisis.

A federal orphan well capping program shoves the cost of oil and gas production onto the public. There’s a better option.

EU countries and lawmakers are split over whether the fuels are green enough to earn that label - reflecting broader disagreements over how Europe should meet climate goals - and could yet reject the EU proposal.