The Sciences

More than half of these studies yielded outcomes favorable to company products, compared with less than 10 percent lacking such support

Living things depend on water, but it breaks down DNA and other key molecules. So how did the earliest cells deal with the water paradox?

Three times more precise than the previous record-holding determination, the result closely agrees with theoretical predictions but could still reveal pathways to new physics

Scientists hope the dark grains from asteroid Ryugu will improve their understanding of the solar system’s formation

Scientists and philosophers should keep trying to solve reality’s deepest riddles while accepting that they are unsolvable

Nanoparticles that attach to photoreceptors allowed mice to see infrared and near-infrared light for up to two months.

Could our universe have been an experiment by an ancient civilization?

The wrinkle-faced bat covers its face with a flap of skin, seemingly as part of its courtship rituals.

Lobster pot spiders spin their webs with a superior thread

They’re extraordinarily accomplished, and they could form a powerful “Science Squad” to help Joe Biden and Kamala Harris repair the damage done over the past four years

The iconic telescope’s tragic end foreshadows future battles over the fate of various legacy facilities

At just four months of age, the birds performed equally well as great apes on understanding numbers, following cues and many more tasks