In the book ‘Night Magic,’ Leigh Ann Henion writes of encounters with salamanders, bats, glowworms and other life-forms nurtured by darkness.

New maps of wind impacts beyond Helene’s ‘cone of uncertainty’ track highlight how a hurricane’s power extends far inland.

Scientists are problem solvers. They devise ways to tap new resources for building electric vehicles and to track stealth movements of environmental contaminants. Scientists are also detectives.

A long-standing idea of why lithium ion batteries die focuses on lithium movement into the cathode. Instead, hydrogen may be to blame.

Brain scans revealed that teenagers with larger attention-driving networks were more likely to develop depression.

Cosmological data suggest unexpected masses for neutrinos, including the possibility of zero or negative mass.

Some sea robins have taste buds on their six crablike legs that help the fish ferret out prey buried in sand as they walk.

The Stanford biophysicist thinks that understanding the mechanics of cell movement could allow scientists to manipulate immune cells.

Burying wood can store carbon for thousands of years, according to an analysis of an ancient log unearthed in Canada.

A study of people with type 2 diabetes and opioid use disorder suggests that the key ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy shows promise against addiction.

One of the world’s richest biodiversity hot spots is Peru’s Madre de Dios, a region of the Amazon nestled at the base of the Andes mountains. When biogeochemist Jacqueline Gerson first traveled there ...