Ten teams from schools around the area challenged each other in a coding competition – to see who can program an AI robot.

Scientists who studied whether painting a cow with stripes reduces fly bites and which pizza toppings various lizards prefer were among the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobel awards.

A large language model called Delphi-2M analyzes a person’s medical records and lifestyle to provide risk estimates for more ...

Everyone, no matter their background, should have an equal chance to work in science – but there are huge systemic barriers.

TRAPPIST-1, a planetary system 40 light years from Earth, could host a planet with an atmosphere and liquid water, but astronomers can’t be certain just yet.

Established in 1991, the Ig Nobels are a good-natured parody of the Nobel Prizes; they honor "achievements that first make people laugh and then make them think." The unapologetically campy awards ...

Dean George Q. Daley describes challenges and opportunities ahead for Harvard Medical School, academic research ...

Federal workers send Congress a letter pleading for help, but their trouble attracting signatures reflects fear of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants ...

Kennedy Jr. pushed out the CDC’s director and three other senior officials resigned in protest, public-health ...

A two-day meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, with new members appointed by RFK Jr., could reshape public trust in childhood vaccines and reduce access.

ATLANTA (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee met Thursday to begin weighing changes to guidance on shots against COVID-19, hepatitis B and chickenpox.