The personal care products suppress reactions between skin oils and ozone. It's not clear how, or if, this chemistry change might impact human health.

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

The Trump administration is cutting $1 billion in grants that support student mental health. That has educators worried.

The personalized CRISPR treatment could be the future of gene therapy, but hurdles remain before everyone has access.

A January executive order by President Donald Trump designates people as female if they make the “large” reproductive cell (the egg) and male if they make the ...

Molecular evidence from a 2-million-year-old southern African hominid species indicates sex and genetic differences in P. robustus.

Scientists suggest the missile defense plan will face big hurdles, especially given its projected timeline and cost.

A new genetic study could help saolas survive by enabling better searches through environmental DNA. But some experts fear they may be extinct already.

Simulations show that the stars’ tug could send Mercury, Venus or Mars crashing into Earth — or let Jupiter eject our world from the solar system.

In a first-of-its-kind test, scientists used a levitated magnet to search for dark matter, the unidentified substance believed to be present throughout the cosmos. If dark matter is made up of ...

Not all plants can be stored in a seed bank. Cryopreservation offers an alternative, but critics question whether this form of conservation will work.

The new book, Women in the History of Quantum Physics, spotlights the oft-forgotten contributions of women scientists in the field.