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Two different forms of light have showed up in recent science headlines. Nature multi-media editor Shamini Bundell explains: light from first stars hints…

Cindy Voisine grew up in Fort Kent, Maine – a small town with a strong French Canadian influence. Her family is bilingual, and she was the first in her…

Eugenics, which got its start in the 1880s, is a set of beliefs and practices that aims at improving the genetic quality of a human population. It was the…

In late 2015, the Colombian government announced they had found what could be the world’s most valuable shipwreck. The Spanish galleon ship San Jose sank…

It’s happened to all of us. You bump into someone on the street whom you know you know, but you can’t for the life of you remember their name. Worse yet,…

Cancers are a leading cause of death worldwide. Nearly 40 percent of us are diagnosed with cancer at some point in our lives. And cancer care cost close…

Earlier this month, a young sei whale washed up on a North Carolina beach with an empty stomach and a plastic bag caught in its throat. Last November, a…

Each month we check in with the reporters and editors at Nature News for a roundup of recent science headlines. This month, we hear from senior reporter…

Government officials have warned people to avoid e-cigarettes after several people have died and hundreds of otherwise healthy people have ended up in…

Innovation is a relative term. It all depends on where you're starting from. Here are three examples from New England's diverse fisheries:1. Don't Fix…