A recent expedition to the intersection of two undersea mountain chains has revealed a new seamount and a rich world of deep-sea biodiversity.

You’ve heard of jazz hands? Well, these bats have glow toes. When ultraviolet light shines onto the Mexican free-tailed bat’s extraordinarily hairy toes, they light up like a Christmas tree. That’s ...

The LZ dark matter experiment has ruled out weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs, with a wide range of properties.

As parts of the U.S. sizzle and others flood, Extreme Climate Update looks at the perfect storm this creates for mosquitoes and the diseases they carry.

A phenomenon occurring deep underground may explain how vast plateaus form far away from tectonic plate boundaries.

Soon people will be able to subdue a severe allergic reaction with a nasal spray instead of an injection. The hormone epinephrine is the go-to therapy for anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening ...

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, or TIL, therapy is the first T cell treatment for solid tumors. It fights melanoma and maybe other cancers too.

As the summer surge of COVID-19 crests, many people are weighing whether they need to get booster shots now to protect against the disease (SN: 7/19/24).

Combining traditional plant breeding with new genomics tools is allowing scientists to grow plants that are better adapted to a warming climate.

Current guidelines limit treatment to infants. Giving antibiotics to at-risk kids under 5, too, has an indirect effect on infant survival, a new trial shows.