Science

Science is all about discovery — tackling the big questions that define our world, and hopefully our future. But some of these question ...

Joining places like Chicago, Boston, and Texas, Philadelphia is vying for the chance to house the headquarters of a new federal health research agency.

Humans have long asked the question, “Are we alone?” These SETI scientists are on a quest to find out

We can design and make amazing things with plastic; it’s much harder to un-make them.

As the Earth heats up, heavy rain is getting more common across the United States. That means more severe floods happen more often.

Several months after discovering elevated levels of PFOS in a Willingboro well, officials are breaking ground on a new treatment system.

It’s when a dark alleyway makes the hairs stand up on the back of our neck; when a mother just knows that something’s wrong ...

The monarch butterfly was categorized by scientists last week as endangered.

More than 350,000 Atlantic sturgeon once migrated to the Delaware River, but now, there are fewer than 250 adults. A caviar rush depleted stocks in the late 1800s.

Possible factors in the decline include loss of habitat, weather patterns, predators, and disease.

Bill Ochs, the project manager for the James Webb telescope, shares the trials and tribulations of the launch and what it's like having the images out in the world.

Researchers say they'd be less concerned if the companies developing these systems, known technically as “large language models," were less secretive about the data they use.

Our lives depend on water — not just any water: clean, safe water. We need it for drinking, for cooking, for washing. And very often, w ...

Desalination is a solution for cities on the coast that are running out of freshwater sources—but the process can turn out to be more than cities bargained for.

The Webb Telescope is allowing us to look back further into our past than ever before and revealing distant galaxies. exoplanets, cosmic cliffs, dying stars and much more.