Science

Laboratories in at least four states are investigating a mysterious respiratory illness in dogs presenting similar symptoms to kennel cough, but they can last much longer, and in some cases prove fatal,...

Assisted-living centers have become an appealing retirement option for hundreds of thousands of boomers who can no longer live independently, promising a cheerful alternative to the institutional feel of a nursing home.But...

Are you confused about what an assisted-living facility is, and how it differs from a nursing home? And what you can expect to pay? Here’s a guide to this type of housing...

SpaceX, Elon Musk's spaceflight company, launched its Starship rocket from the coast of South Texas on Saturday, a mammoth vehicle that could alter the future of space transportation and help NASA return...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched its Starship rocket from the coast of South Texas just after 7 a.m. Central time on Saturday, a mammoth vehicle that could alter the future of space transportation...

SpaceX’s Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built, lifted off for a second test flight on Saturday and reached an altitude of about 90 miles above Earth before engineers lost contact with...

When the Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar was killed in 1993, most of the animals he had imported as pets — zebras, giraffes, kangaroos and rhinoceroses — died or were transferred to...

SpaceX’s “fail fast, learn faster” mentality means that the company does not expect everything to go right during a test flight.But sometimes a failure is more edifying than just brainstorming everything that...

On any given night, far from bright city lights, there’s a chance that you’ll see a beautiful streak shoot across the sky as a meteor flies overhead. But on special dates scattered...

Regulators in Britain on Thursday approved the first treatment derived from CRISPR, the revolutionary gene-editing method. Called Casgevy, the treatment is intended to cure sickle-cell disease and a related condition, beta thalassemia.The...