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The birds are particularly vulnerable to high temperatures, and France’s torrid June took a heavy toll.

The native plant movement says that we can combat environmental disaster from our own backyards. Is it really so simple?

Popular communication methods for nonspeaking autistic people have ignited a fierce debate over what counts as evidence of hidden cognitive abilities.

Bill Frist, a surgeon who also served as Senate majority leader, has emerged as an outspoken advocate for environmental health. “A healthier planet means healthier people,” he said.

He provided the first convincing evidence that cancerous tumors develop from a single mutated cell and later helped expose contamination by cells taken from Henrietta Lacks.

The C.D.C.’s tobacco control office has been shut for more than a year. After its most prominent antismoking campaign went off the air, calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW lines have plummeted.

Some of the nation’s top research universities are shrinking doctoral programs because of uncertain federal funding.

The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech. He has long hoped to genetically engineer an animal that can make new calls.

A refrigerator-size spacecraft will try to grab onto Swift and nudge it to a higher orbit, enabling it to continue observing powerful cosmic explosions.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies promised public-health libertarianism. The idea couldn’t survive once they took power.

The rodent-borne virus, which sickened passengers on the MV Hondius, killed three people, led to a race to find its origin and a global health alert.

Female mountain chickadees are loyal to their mates, unless a smarter suitor comes along.

This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic biology and our definition of “life.”

The America250 time capsule will hold dozens of historical treasures. Avoiding dampness and other dangers requires lots of engineering.

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well as a soccer ball.

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is beginning the widest, deepest survey yet of the southern sky.

The lawsuit argues that new federal rules went beyond what Congress enacted and broke from guidance that the federal government previewed to states.

It contains more than half a million people’s genomes, paired with clinical records and wearable tech data. That gives researchers unmatched power to study both diseases and treatments.

It’s the third such deal the Interior Department has struck to pay firms to abandon plans for offshore turbines, spending roughly $2.5 billion to get companies to abandon their wind projects.