Thousands of probationary federal employees received termination notices. Many were doing crucial work at science-related agencies.

A political scientist explains how a confluence of personality traits and perceived status loss can encourage some people to generate chaos as a solution to their woes.

The young of a mysterious blowfly species look — and smell — like the termites they hide among.

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A recent Trump executive order defines sex based on gamete size. But the order oversimplifies genetics, hormones and reproductive biology.

Water harvesting from foggy air provided up to 5 liters of water a day in a yearlong Chilean desert experiment.

The charge transferred when identical objects touch depends on their history, scientists find.

Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

High-pressure experiments generated the first direct observation of plastic ice, which has qualities of both crystalline ice and liquid water.

In the second episode of The Deep End, listeners hear what it’s like to live with severe depression and the backstory of an experimental treatment.