NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars?

P eter Hotez has made every effort to stay up to date with Covid-19 vaccines, starting with the initial two doses and ...

City officials are ready to rebuild. But defending against future fires requires thinking about more than buildings.

The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails.

Recent studies implicate the immune system and a herpes virus as potential contributors to development of the disease.

A novel private plan in the late 1980s helped set the stage for planting trees as a means to sequester carbon emissions.

The first of five large dam projects under consideration has been approved, despite environmental and social costs.

In March 2013, a 27-year-old man showed up at the Fifth People’s Hospital in Shanghai, China, with a high fever and cough. Within 48 hours, he was admitted to the intensive care unit with severe ...

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