In the U.S. in the early 1960s the distributor of a thalidomide drug was impatient to get it on the market. But FDA medical ...

In online forums the term “cuck” has become synonymous with “sucker” and “loser.” But this use distorts its history and ...

Three scientists are honored for developing a class of blockbuster weight-loss drugs. Is a Nobel prize on the way?

Some researchers dream of solving all mysteries with a common method—but a mathematical paradox may keep such solutions out ...

A long-awaited calculation of the W boson’s mass agrees with theory, contradicting a previous anomaly that had raised the ...

Math’s “best-choice problem” could help humans become better decision-makers, at everything from choosing the best job ...

Brooke Scelza is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles’s department of anthropology. She is co-director of the Kunene Rural Health and Demography Project, where she studies ...

A strange sound dubbed “biotwang” was first heard bouncing around the Mariana Trench 10 years ago, and scientists have ...

Growing awareness of how addiction and trauma are intertwined has birthed a new generation of treatment strategies.

Neuroscientists at the University of Barcelona set about on a search for brain areas involved in chess-related tasks so that ...

On opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean, Central Europe and North Carolina have both been drenched by torrential rains ...

The superstar success of Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, with a fortune now estimated at $246 billion, poses quite a puzzle. How can someone whose wealth and fame rest on innovative ...