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Microplastics scientists are finding the tiny particles everywhere, even in their own research laboratories. So how do they know if what they're finding is in the sample or contamination from plastic fibers floating in the air?

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave its stamp of approval, ending a three-year process to allow the plant to power on.

The FDA is urging Raw Farm to pull its cheddar cheese products as an E. coli outbreak spreads across California and to other states.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said Thursday they plan to study microplastics and pharmaceuticals in U.S. drinking water.

NASA launched the Artemis II mission, which will carry humans to the moon for the first time since 1972.

Live coverage for NASA's Artemis II mission is underway. The mission aims to send humans to the moon for the first time in a half-century.

Shifts in 988 hotline volunteer behavior can have a major impact for autistic callers, a population more likely to experience suicidal crisis.

The American Heart Assn. is the latest medical association to issue guidelines that conflict with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s MAHA-friendly guidelines.

Samuel L. Jackson has joined animal rights activists in a renewed push to move Billy and Tina from the Tulsa Zoo to a sanctuary, as Tina suffers from a serious infection.

NASA's powerful Launch Abort System, designed to outrun an exploding rocket, is the result of years of work from scientists and engineers across the country, including in Southern California's Mojave Desert.