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Editor's note: On June 19, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that states may not require public schools to teach "creation science" if they teach evolution. The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment ...
Dr. Nitzan Gonen's innovative research on testicle organoids aims to address critical issues in male fertility, offering potential solutions to a growing global concern.
One hundred years ago, the small town of Dayton, Tenn., became the unlikely stage for one of the most sensational trials in ...
A team of researchers in the United States and United Kingdom say they have created the world’s first synthetic human embryo-like structures from stem cells, bypassing the need for eggs and sperm.
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured NASA's most detailed image of the Pillars of Creation that is helping scientists better understand how stars form.
A team of researchers has found a quicker and more efficient way to create nucleoside analogs, a type of small molecule that can be used in treatments for everything from cancer to viral diseases.
Ruxandra Guidi for High Country News, originally published July 1, 2025 This past April, I attended one of the nation’s 1,400 ...
Both Scientific American and science writer Forrest Mims [Notebook: "Cast-Off Creationist Talks Back," The Scientist, Nov. 12, 1990, page 4; Opinion: "The Mims Case: Defending Science Or Persecuting ...
Moreover, Gundlach demonstrates that "creation science" is actually a modern movement with shallow roots in Christian orthodoxy.
When 16 attorneys general sued the Trump administration over its cancelation of National Institutes of Health research grants, USA Today reported April 4 that, according to the lawsuit, NIH’s $37 ...
Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and could be used in the future to create other shots.
Scientists say they could one day help advance the understanding of genetic diseases or the causes of miscarriages.