Thousands of probationary federal employees received termination notices. Many were doing crucial work at science-related agencies.

A political scientist explains how a confluence of personality traits and perceived status loss can encourage some people to generate chaos as a solution to their woes.

The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...

A recent Trump executive order defines sex based on gamete size. But the order oversimplifies genetics, hormones and reproductive biology.

In the second episode of The Deep End, listeners hear what it’s like to live with severe depression and the backstory of an experimental treatment.

Scientists are losing funding and even their jobs under the new Trump administration. Researchers at the AAAS meeting shared fears and coping strategies.

Fossilized teeth from two ancient megafauna suggest they roamed Brazil 3,500 years ago. The find “opens the door to rewrite South American history.” ...

In the first episode of The Deep End Podcast, we meet Jon Nelson, who shares why he volunteered to get brain implants for his relentless depression.

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A South Carolina ghost story could have a very earthly explanation.

As early as mid-century, an area of land that adds up to the size of the U.S. could hit temperatures hazardous for human health.

High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.