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If you take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, you may have noticed a flurry of news coverage since late October 2025 about an extensive recall of thousands of bottles of atorvastatin, the generic version of Lipitor.

Chimpanzees can change their minds when the facts no longer support their previous beliefs - a rational level of thinking that was once considered uniquely human.

Fossilized predator bones found in the legendary Cretaceous dinosaur graveyard of Hell Creek did not belong to a baby Tyrannosaurus rex after all.

Honing in on the junk-food pyramid to rank its most harmful members, researchers from Virginia Tech have discovered that ultra-processed meats and beverages are the worst for brain health.

Scientists have made some intriguing parasite discoveries in an accidental back-of-the-pantry natural history museum. Canned salmon, well past its prime, has preserved decades of Alaskan marine ecology in brine and tin.

Spraying particles into Earth's atmosphere to try and cool a warming planet might sound like a good idea in theory, but it will only work if it's done properly - and even then, it could carry risks that might spill beyond our control, scientists ...

As Halloween approaches, stories of witches and their potions resurface, often featuring eerie plants like belladonna, mandrake, and mugwort.

The Milky Way is a rich and complex environment.

Researchers have just identified a powerful new antibiotic - in a significant discovery made not by breaking new ground, but by revisiting familiar territory.

In partnership with NASA, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works has executed the first test flight of the X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft.