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Last week, a leaked presentation from the acting director of NOAA hinted at some major new directions and initiatives for that agency. One of the most…

It’s time for our monthly tour of science headlines from our friends at the Journal Nature and the Nature podcast. This month, we hear from Lizzie Gibney,…

"Personally, I think consciousness is one of the greatest, most remarkable puzzles left to science. Understanding how this three-pound meatloaf is capable…

When an English farmer spotted an osprey a century ago, she would aim her shotgun at the broad silhouette and shoot.“They were seen as vermin,” says Alan…

The Spanish flu infected an estimated 500 million people worldwide, and killed tens of millions. A century later, we have vaccines, antibiotics, advanced…

The world has produced more than eight billion metric tons of plastic since around 1950. And the vast majority of that – almost 80 percent of it – has…

On Living Lab Radio this week:Scientists are working on a new definition of the second.A study started as the MeToo movement ramped up, suggests that…

In the final hours of 2018, the Massachusetts legislature passed a law banning the use of 11 flame retardants in furniture, mattresses, carpeting,…

It’s been a big week for space exploration, and a bit of a roller-coaster. First, of course, came the excitement over the first image of a black…

There are few environmental debates more heated than whether or not to add - or drop - an animal from the Endangered Species Act. Case in point: the…