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Toxic metals can harm human health. Arctic ice cores trace arsenic, lead and other heavy metals to historic mining and smelting in Montana.

As neurotechnology aims to restore seamless speech to those who can no longer talk, what’s next for the science, and for the people it promises to help?

It's not quite a victory for humanity's transition to renewables. The dip is probably driven by high gas prices from the Iran war.

Research in mice shows that fiber may literally wrap around plastic particles to remove them from the gut.

Scientists found that semaglutide, Ozempic’s key ingredient, repaired blood vessels, dampened inflammation and improved kidney function in patients.

Gerrothorax maritimus, which existed about 237 million years ago, is the first ever amphibian known to have lived without access to land or freshwater.

Imaging and chemical analysis of a 115-million-year-old dinosaur fossil points to blood cells. But some aren't convinced.

The Industrial Revolution and climate change may have both contributed to vitamin D deficiencies in 18th and 19th century Europe.

With gravity's effects mitigated, atoms orbiting Earth on China’s space station reached about 10 trillionths of a kelvin.

In the lab, octopuses used specific moves to slip arms and a bulbous body through tiny holes. The finding could inspire new body plans for soft robots.

Giulia Menichetti is exploring how food’s vast chemical complexity may shape the microbiome and human health.

A comprehensive study of earwax reveals a combination of slippery and sticky properties that may protect against insect invasions of the ear.

Synthetic voices can restore speech, enable scams and outlive their owners. These uses raise questions about trust, consent and control.

In arms race with bats, hawkmoths have evolved three distinct ways to make bat-busting ultrasound using their genitalia.

The wireless implant rids mice's bodies of excess sugar on demand, and helps them shed weight. It could one day help treat diabetes and obesity.

Permafrost detachment slides involve large slabs of frozen earth thawing from below and then sliding downhill.

Rx Kids, a program that provides unconditional cash transfers for pregnant people and infants, reduced neonatal mortality in Flint, Michigan.

Designed to study the powerful outbursts, the Swift Observatory quickly contributed to a wide range of discoveries. Now, it's about to meet a fiery fate.

Science, history and fear intersect in a new book from award-winning podcast creator Aaron Mahnke

The Vera Rubin Observatory is shedding new light on the faraway regions by Neptune and beyond, including possible solar system building blocks.