Science and Health

Weiss, Barish, Thorne Win Nobel Physics Prize

Camera Phone Being Used as Cancer Screening Tool

Forensic Psychologist Profiles Mass Killers

Researchers Work on Drought-tolerant Maize for Africa

3 American Scientists Awarded 2017 Nobel Prize for Medicine

Brewers Using Low Tech Biosensors to Monitor Water Quality

‘Different, Not Less’: Life With Autism in the US

WHO: Good Health Care for Older Persons Falling Short Globally

Sea Turtle Carries Oceanographer’s Ashes Out to Sea

Plague Spreading Rapidly in Madagascar

Travel by Rocket From New York to Tokyo in 30 Minutes?

Kenyans Cycle Toward Healthier Hearts

Conservationists Work to Save World’s Rarest Cats

New Dipstick Test Quickly Discovers People with Zika Virus

Hundreds of Species Arrive in US on Japanese Tsunami Debris

Melania Trump Hosts Discussion on Opioid Crisis

Pair of Giant Pandas From China Welcomed in Indonesia

Human Sleep Patterns Inherited from Hunter Gatherer Ancestors

Citizen Scientists Monitor Endangered Species in the Wild

Canadian Rocks Hold Some of Oldest Evidence of Life on Earth

Climate Change May Spell Hotter Summers for Southern Europe

50 Years Since the Arrival of Birth Control, Many Can’t Get It

US, Mexico Expand Pact on Managing Overused Colorado River

With Irma — And a Power Failure — Miami Gets a Taste of Deadly Heat

Hundreds of Thousands Vaccinated Against Cholera in Northeast Nigeria

How Tall is the World’s Highest Peak? Nepal Embarks On Project to Settle Confusion

Venezuela Doctors in Protest Urge Stronger WHO Stance on Health Crisis

Republican Health Care Bill Likely Dead

Researchers Studying 1M People to End Cookie-cutter Health Care

Shark Fin Bans Might Not Help Sharks, Scientists Say

EPA Recovers Material From Houston-area Superfund Sites

Monaco Prince Commits to Study, Protect Endangered Monk Seals

US to Award $59 Million for Opioid Addiction Treatment

Study Finds Damaging Stereotypes About Boys, Girls Begin Early In Life

NASA’s Asteroid Chaser Swings by Earth on Way to Space Rock

California Condor, a Rare Environmental Success Story

For Africa’s Poorest, Cutting-edge HIV Drugs for $75 a Year

As Africa Warms, Mosquito Carrying Zika, Dengue More Likely to Thrive

Deep Sleep: Even Jellyfish Need Their Slumber

The Pros and Cons of Immunotherapy Drugs

Huge Sea Turtles Slowly Coming Back From Brink of Extinction

Scientists Remove Gene in Human Embryos to See What It Does

Study Finds Stereotypes About Boys, Girls Begin at Early Age

Giant Antennas in New Mexico Search for Cosmic Discoveries

Virtual Reality Therapy to Treat the World’s Most Common Vision Problem

WHO: Too Many People Dying Prematurely From Non-communicable Diseases

Urgent Action Under Way to Prevent Spread of Cholera in West Africa

Why Are Dogs Such Doting Companions? It’s in Their Genes

Mars Research Crew Emerges After 8 Months of Isolation

Warm Water Off US West Coast Has Lingering Effects for Salmon

Program Breathes Calmer New Life into Angry Young Men

New Tropical Storms Forming in Active Hurricane Season

EU Climate Commissioner: US Changing Its Tune on Paris Deal

Cassini Disintegrates in Saturn’s Atmosphere Ending 20 Year Journey

Cassini Disintegrates in Saturn’s Atmosphere, Ending 20-year Journey

Space Business Booming at Florida’s Cape Canaveral

Somalia Gets First Forensic Lab Dedicated to Rape Investigation

NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Takes ‘Death Dive’ Into Saturn

Mental Disorders, Poor Diets, Tobacco Make World Ill, Study Says

Research Points to Ecological Costs of ‘Unethical’ Chocolate