Deaf experimental psychologist Rain Bosworth has found that babies are primed to learn sign language just like spoken language.

Should people be worried? Pasteurization and the H5N1 virus’s route to infection suggests risks to people remains low.

After five months of glitching, the venerable space probe contacted Earth and is continuing its interstellar mission billions of kilometers away.

Over time, bone marrow stem cells develop key genetic errors and pass them on to immune cells. This may increase the risk of developing heart disease.

When implanted into mouse embryos, stem cells from rats grew into forebrains and structures that handle smells.

Exposing zebra finch eggs and hatchlings to traffic sounds had lifelong health impacts, raising concerns about increased anthropogenic noise.

Another technique to produce diamonds in the lab, called chemical vapor deposition, or CVD, takes place at low pressures, with a vapor of carbon-rich gas being deposited on a surface. Unlike CVD and ...

Hospitals must now get written consent to perform pelvic, breast, prostate and rectal exams on sedated patients or risk losing federal funding.

The newly discovered type of magnetic material could improve existing tech, including making better and faster hard drives.

WASHINGTON — The first vaccine designed for insects may make honeybees healthier overall. Honeybee hives vaccinated against a bacterial disease had much lower levels of an unrelated viral disease than ...

In 3 Body Problem, an alien race called the San-Ti inhabits a planet in a triple star system four light-years from Earth. The stars’ unpredictable orbits lead to “stable” and “chaotic” eras. Chaotic ...

Roughly the size of Spain, the Ross Ice Shelf stabilizes major glaciers along Antarctica’s coast — and is at risk of retreating, a new study finds.