A Great Dane is lucky to see its 10th birthday, while a Chihuahua might live to celebrate its 20th. But exactly why smaller ...

A Great Dane may tower over a Chihuahua, but it’s the little dog that will probably celebrate far more birthdays. Some small ...

Researchers are using tiny ocean organisms to investigate how living things respond to the conditions aboard the ISS.

Science ignored the okapi for centuries while Indigenous communities in the Congo knew it well, and even after a skull ...

The old dog years rule is outdated and new genetic research explains why bigger dogs age faster than small ones.

Microglial dysfunction is increasingly implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathogenesis, with loss-of-function variants in ...

In classrooms across the nation, extraordinary educators are turning curiosity into lifelong passion and helping equip students to tackle tomorrow's greatest challenges. Today, Project Lead The Way ...

New facility in Chile will hunt for signs of cosmic inflation while using the microwave background to discover galaxy ...

Building the Nobel-prizewinning neutrino experiment was a big risk. To continue its success, scientists — and funders — need ...

The greatest merit of the science fiction novel 'Project Hail Mary' is that it carefully separates science and technology.

Bethesda-based Blue Energy Global Inc. has applied to connect a planned nuclear power project to the Texas electric grid. The ...

ON CHRISTMAS Eve 2002, 27-year-old Laci Peterson vanished from her home in Modesto, California, while eight months pregnant.