Cofertility manages the costs of egg freezing and storage, in exchange for half the batch. One young client became suspicious of the arrangement—and started to investigate.
Every year, the prizes recognize the weirdest research that often raises some very serious scientific questions.
Dark energy might be getting weaker. Scientists are wondering if interactions with dark matter in a “dark dimension” may be responsible.
The intricate, 5.6 trillion-pixel map covers approximately 75 percent of the sky and includes about 4 billion celestial objects.
The science curriculum the industry is offering to schools casts plastics as safe, recyclable, and a source of good jobs. Critics say it’s propaganda.
The team embedded electrodes into live cockroaches, then outfitted them with cameras and injection devices to deliver medication via remote control.
Polls show that overwhelming majorities of Americans hate data centers. China makes a perfect scapegoat for tech leaders and their allies—the only problem is a lack of evidence.
The research could do more than help unlock the mystery of caterpillar hearing. It could also help make microphones better.
The mission to Phobos, Japan’s first Mars probe launch in 28 years, may reveal new information about our closest planetary neighbor.
The success of a program linking zoos across the US has created social media stars and generated a wave of interest in how to protect the endangered great apes in the wild.
With the risk of infection rising, parents and their children are trying to navigate how safe it is to be out in public as school starts back up.
The discovery adds to the planet’s history of strange atmospheric phenomena that scientists don’t fully understand.
Gene-edited pig kidneys could offer a lifeline to patients stuck waiting for a human donor.
An underground detector recorded a strange interaction pointing to a particle with some properties that signify dark matter. The detection is small but promising.
Common sense is of no help in studying reality at the atomic scale.
While companies promise they can help users monitor gut health, experts suggest that smart toilets provide little in the way of benefits to the average person.
The World Meteorological Organization is warning that the climate phenomenon that has the Pacific running a fever will last until at least February, with dire consequences for weather worldwide.
If you see a Prop 65 warning, don’t fret. Here’s what you need to know.
September is full of opportunities to expand your knowledge of the night sky. Mark your calendars.
How an alliance of tech startups, MAHA operatives, and actual medical experts made millennial women the new face of hormone therapy.