Science

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were created 80 years ago to rebuild countries devastated by World War II and to stabilize the global economy....

For the first time in 10 years, a fisheries regulator is poised to restart the harvest of female horseshoe crabs in the Delaware Bay, a policy change that conservationists say will threaten...

Others, however, maintain that the wood-wide web is on firm ground and are confident that further research will confirm many of the hypotheses proffered about fungi in forests. Colin Averill, a mycologist...

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — International climate talks, known as COP27, began Sunday in Egypt with a small, symbolic breakthrough amid warning of geopolitical tensions and the grim certainty of science.The World...

In Egypt, olive crops are shriveling under relentless heat waves. In Fiji, entire villages are retreating inland to escape rising seas. In Pakistan, flooding this summer killed 1,700 people and left one-third...

Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? This is a question Canadian medical student Dominic Thibault asked himself when embarking on a journey to define human beauty in a completely...

WASHINGTON — World leaders will gather in Egypt next week to confront climate change at a moment of colliding crises: a war in Europe that has upended energy markets, rising global inflation,...

On Monday, China launched another Long March 5B, the powerful rocket it needed to loft pieces of its Tiangong space station. This one sent the third and final piece of the outpost...

Wealthy nations need to give as much as ten times current levels of funding to help developing countries adapt to climate change or face widespread suffering and displacement as well as increased...

Researchers warned an expert panel of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday that flawed readings on devices measuring oxygen levels in the blood — especially among Black and dark-skinned patients —...