Science

The Teal Wand, an at-home HPV testing device that could replace a Pap smear, could broaden access to cervical cancer...

Researchers found the gene and genetic variation behind orange fur in most domestic cats, solving a decades-long mystery.

Early one morning in 1985, a pair of researchers trekked into a spit of Colombian rainforest surrounded by coffee plantations....

On some Martian nights, a subtle, green glow hangs low in the sky, wreathing the horizon in every direction. A...

An exceptionally preserved specimen of the ancient bird Archaeopteryx offers the most detailed window yet into the evolution of flight,...

Placebo testing has been part of the process since the 1940s. It’s unclear what additional measures would achieve — but...

For wounded chimpanzees, help sometimes comes in the form of first aid — care rendered not by humans but by...

The porpoise is critically endangered. Ancient Chinese poems reveal the animal’s range has dropped about 65 percent over the past...

A Soviet space probe stuck in orbit since a failed 1972 launch has finally crashed to Earth. At 9:24 a.m....

Rosettes made by scraping Tête de Moine, or “monk’s head,” cheese result from variations in the friction between the blade...