We take you inside Mountain Pass, the only rare earth mine in the United States.
In a collection of essays profiling 10 marine animals, author Sabrina Imbler mixes in stories of their own family, self-discovery, sexuality and healing.
Doctors should be on the lookout for three types of fungi that, when inhaled, can lead to serious infections, researchers say.
Urinals built with curves like those in nautilus shells eliminate the splash-back common with conventional commodes.
Because of their unique chemistry, the rare earth elements can fine-tune light for many different purposes and generate powerful magnetic fields.
Within five decades, scientists went from sequencing a single gene to sequencing the entire human genome.
Science News spoke with a metrologist about the metric system’s latest update, which will help scientists interpret exceedingly big and small numbers.
The environmental cost of wet pet food is higher than dry food, scientists say. That may be because wet food gets most of its calories from animals.
Ancient DNA in sediments may be leading paleontologists astray in attempts to figure out when woolly mammoths and woolly rhinos died out, a new study argues.
Homo naledi may have joined the group of ancient hominids who built controlled fires, presumably for light or warmth, new finds hint.
A study of immune tissue in the lungs reports that particulate matter buildup from air pollution may impair respiratory immunity in older adults.
NASA’s IPXE X-ray satellite saw a telltale signature of shock waves propagating along a blazar’s high-speed jet, causing it to emit high-energy light.
A study of more than 5,000 people in 23 countries finds that individual water need varies widely depending on physical and environmental factors.
Nerve cell connections thought to be involved mainly in development could explain how the brain keeps making new memories while holding onto old ones.
Natovenator polydontus may have been adapted for life in the water, challenging the popular idea that all dinos were landlubbers.