Science and Health

104-Year-old Australian Promotes Right to Assisted Suicide

Smoke to Ink? Indian Inventors Try Novel Approach to Tame Air Pollution

Hotter Seas Threaten Marine Wildlife with Extinction, Researchers Say

Hawaii Volcano Has Oozed Hot Lava for Decades, Science Says

WHO: Cholera Vaccination Campaign Starts in Yemen

Bootleg Liquor, Not Water, Killed Cambodian Villagers

Women in India Fighting Tough Cancer Battle

British Scientists Find More Accurate Test for Peanut Allergy

Can Landslides be Predicted?

Idaho School Can’t Find Small Bit of Weapons-grade Plutonium

Volcanic ‘Curtain of Fire’ Sends People Fleeing Hawaii Homes

Some Parents More Wary of Vaccines Than Diseases They Prevent

Some Parents More Wary of Vaccines Than the Diseases Vaccines Prevent

Chad Gets 6 Rhinos Nearly 50 Years After Losing the Species

Astronomers Given Detailed Map of 1.7 Billion Stars

Hawking’s Last Physics Paper Argues for a ‘Simpler’ Cosmos

British Children Learn the ABCs of FGM to Help End Harmful Practice

Storing Energy Nature’s Way

Antibiotic Resistance Spreads at "Shocking Rate" from Animals to Humans

Antibiotic Resistance Spreads at ‘Shocking Rate’ from Animals to Humans

America’s Air Isn’t Getting Cleaner as Fast as It Used To

Recycling Oyster Shells Improves Water Quality, Oyster Population

Parenting of the Future? Pick an Embryo

Drugmakers Push Back Against Lawmakers’ Calls to Tax Opioids

Autism Poses Special Challenges in Africa

Can a River Model Save Eroding Mississippi Delta?

Genetics Help Spot Food Contamination

US Won’t Restore Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Protections

EU Moves to Further Ban Bee-Killing Pesticides

Fossil Footprints Capture Prehistoric Sloth Hunt

Global Study Finds 44 Genetic Risk Factors for Major Depression

A Possible Malaria Vaccine Poisons the Anopheles Mosquito

US House Moves to Reverse Order to Aid Salmon

Scientists: Uranus Smells Like Rotten Eggs

Study: Farming Legacy a Factor in Present-Day Behavior

HIV Discoverer Says Malawi On Track to Eradicate Virus

EPA Proposes to Bar Use of Confidential Data in Rulemaking

Iceland’s Reykjavik Tops Index for Green City Getaways

Malaria on Rise in Crisis-hit Venezuela, WHO Says

Nano-Drops Bring Simple Eye Fix into View

Michigan Water Activist, 6 Others Win Environmental Prize

New NASA Boss Gets ‘Hearty Congratulations’ From Space

US Soldier Gets World’s First Penis and Scrotum Transplant

Scientists: California Risks Severe ‘Whiplash’ From Drought to Flood

Bloomberg Donating $4.5 Million to Support Paris Climate Accord

Scientist Calls for ‘Antimalarials for Mosquitoes’ to Fight Killer Disease

Earth Day 2018 Focuses on Plastics Pollution

WHO Urges Everyone: Make Vaccines Priority

Earth Day Call to Arms: Skip the Straw

Scientists Coax Plastic-Munching Enzyme to Eat Faster

South Africa Tests Potential Game-Changer in HIV Treatment

Senate Narrowly Confirms Trump’s Pick to Head NASA

UN Health Agency: Dengue Vaccine Shouldn’t Be Used Widely

Fears Grow at Malaria’s Resurgence; London Summit Urges Global Action

Rocket With Planet-Hunting Telescope Lifts Off

Britain to Ban Sale of Plastic Straws in Bid to Fight Waste

Summit Urges Global Response to Malaria Resurgence

Malawi Can Eradicate HIV Infections, Says US Doctor Who Discovered AIDS Virus

US Drug Agency Wants Tighter Rules on Making Opioids

Bat Key to Tequila Trade Taken Off US Endangered Species List