Despite vast increases in the time and money spent on research, progress is barely keeping pace with the past. What went wrong?

“This is the closest to midnight the Doomsday Clock has ever been in the lifetime of almost everyone in this room.”

It’s a major cause of blindness, but scientists may have identified a surprising new way to treat it in mice.

A newly discovered giant virus turns its victims to “stone.”

And did you know that the Dutch East India Company was allowed to imprison its own workers?

The National Academy of Sciences is urging people to focus less on the process and more on the product.

We’re a long way from Gilead, praise be, but pollution can hurt fertility.

A simple study of rodent patterns hints at our growing ability to link genetic changes to physical ones.  

Scientists have discovered some of the genetic changes behind the useless wings of the Galapagos cormorant.

Its ability to cope with wildly fluctuating blood-sugar levels might provide clues to improving human health.