Author: Scientific American

Rescuers had called off the effort to save ‘Timmy’ the humpback whale, which stranded in the Baltic Sea last month. But now, a last-ditch attempt to move the creature by barge is underway

Researchers are perplexed by a galaxy that seems too large and too dusty for its place in cosmic history, less than a half-billion years after the big bang

Scientist and medtech entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics

Scientist and medical technology entrepreneur J. Craig Venter published the first bacterial genome ever decoded in 1995. The result heralded a new age of discovery for genetics

Los Angeles public schools are limiting computer use in classrooms over health concerns. But experts say that approach is missing the problem

A recent experiment revealed that individual dark points on a light wave can move faster than the wave itself

The recent measles outbreak in South Carolina sickened nearly 1,000 people before public health officials got it under control. Vaccination can effectively prevent further spread

A hailstorm of these proportions is “unusual” but not unheard of in Missouri at this time of year, one expert says

A genomic analysis of people buried on the border of the ancient Roman Empire show how distinct groups combined after the empire’s fall

Former National Institutes of Health official David Morens is accused of evading record requests related to the COVID pandemic’s origins and gain-of-function research