After 21 years of “prospecting,” the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has fetched up its first “nugget” ...

Global warming has accelerated since 2015, according to a new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). After accounting for known natural influences on global temperature, the ...

The editors of Scientific American look to 2026 as a chance to peer into the future to see what science may be unfolding and what discoveries may lurk on the horizon. But the new year is also a chance ...

Kid lit experts weigh in on some of the year’s best science titles. Plus, what to look for when choosing a book for the child in your life. Are you hoping to inspire a young reader in your life with ...

Ten years ago today, on Sept. 14, physicists detected gravitational waves rippling through the cosmos for the first time. The roots of this discovery date back a century. Albert Einstein's general ...

Section 1. Policy and Purpose. Over the last 5 years, confidence that scientists act in the best interests of the public has fallen significantly. A majority of researchers in science, technology, ...

A new study finds that with bold and coordinated policy choices -- across emissions, diets, food waste, and water and nitrogen efficiency -- humanity could, by 2050, bring global environmental ...

Have you ever taken a personality test seriously? Or maybe you’ve wondered if you could freeze yourself in liquid nitrogen to help revitalize your body postmortem? Human tendencies to believe in such ...

The question of whether science and religion are at odds or generally compatible has long been a topic of interest to philosophers, theologians and scientists, among others. In the Religious Landscape ...

It's hard to believe, but Friday marks 10 years since the final major storm of Boston's record-breaking winter in 2015 - a season that buried the city under an unbelievable 110.6 inches of snow. From ...

In just three weeks in 2015, Boston was crushed with over 7 feet of snow, three times as much as the historic Blizzard of 1978. Roofs collapsed, neighborhoods flooded, roads and sidewalks were ...

A worker clears his truck after unloading plowed snow at a "snow farm" in Boston's Seaport. (Michael Dwyer/AP) Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If ...