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Historic European accounts long described the canids as domesticated dogs. A new study suggests that’s probably not true.

The genetically modified lung remained viable for nine days, but the recipient’s immune responses need more research, scientists say.

Sporting the world’s largest digital camera, the new telescope is poised to help solve some of the universe’s biggest mysteries.

Researchers warn that halting federal contracts for mRNA vaccine research could weaken pandemic preparedness and slow medical advances.

Respiratory viruses often surge in the fall. We asked an infectious diseases expert how best to protect ourselves given a shifting vaccine landscape.

Demographic bias gaps are closing in face recognition, but how training images are sourced is becoming the field’s biggest privacy fight.

Nancy Shute examines the exciting potential of the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory and muses on the mesmerizing world of fractals.

Like Uranus's other 28 moons, the newfound object spotted by JWST will be named after a William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope character.

Infrared cameras in Costa Rica revealed that the world’s largest carnivorous bat maintains close social bonds through wing wraps and prey sharing.

There are no real phoenixes hiding anywhere. But science has revealed that some living things can take quite a bit of heat.

Over the last half 50 years, fractals have challenged ideas about geometry and pushed math, science and technology into unexpected areas.