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Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a ritual-based site that may have been built long before the rise of Maya rulers...

Ahead of Jared Isaacman’s renomination for the position of NASA’s administrator, a dispute between him and its acting chief Sean Duffy spilled into the open, with potentially profound consequences for the U.S. space agency...

Limited COVID surveillance data are hampering vaccination and health strategies, researchers say...

A cosmic explosion known as GRB 250702B is by far the longest gamma-ray burst astronomers have ever seen—if it’s even one at all...

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder, or ARFID, can cause malnutrition and weight loss in children and adults even when body image is not a factor...

Why saying no is harder than it should be....

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefited one child. Now researchers plan to launch a clinical trial of the approach...

Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are investigating...

Hurricane Melissa’s rare intensity and lasting impact reveal how storms are evolving in a warming world....