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Will We Be Better Prepared To Face The Pandemic In 2021?

Sarah McCammon looks ahead on the COVID-19 front with science writer David Quammen.

With the loss of Manchin's vote, Biden's climate change agenda may be doomed

Despite a year of increasing weather disasters, Biden's ambitious climate plans may be doomed in Congress.

A graphic shows how a child can get trapped in the small space between a residential elevator car door and the exterior landing door.

A potentially deadly risk to kids prompts 3 companies to recall in-home elevators

Bella Elevator, Inclinator Company of America and Savaria Corporation recalled about 69,000 elevators that pose a risk of pinning children between the elevator car door and the exterior landing door.

Grief is tied to all sorts of different brain functions, says researcher and author Mary-Frances O'Connor. That can range from being able to recall memories to taking the perspective of another person, to even things like regulating our heart rate and the experience of pain and suffering.

How your brain copes with grief, and why it takes time to heal

Grieving is a form of learning, says a scientist who studies the brain's response to loss. When someone you love dies, you have to learn new rules for navigating the world and your brain has to adapt.

Server rows fill the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Oct. 14, 2015.

UCSD Lands Major Federal Grant To Develop Artificial Intelligence

UCSD researchers landed a huge federal grant to apply machine learning to issues that could lead to major improvements in computer chip architecture.

In this photo provided by Pakistan's Press Information Department, Pakistan's Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad, left, administrates the oath of office to Ayesha Malik in Islamabad, Pakistan on Monday. Malik is the first female judge to serve on Pakistan's Supreme Court.

Meet Justice Ayesha Malik, Pakistan's first female Supreme Court judge

Malik was sworn in on Monday, shattering a glass ceiling in a country where only about 17% of judges are women.

Michelle Yeoh plays a Chinese American immigrant who explores the paths not taken in <em>Everything Everywhere All at Once.</em>

Actor Michelle Yeoh wants to change the way we think of superheroes

When Yeoh first read the script for Everything Everywhere All at Once, she gave a big sigh of relief: Finally, here was a film that put a middle-aged mother in the role of action hero.

When COVID-19 first broke out in Wuhan, scientists tracked a large number of the cases to the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan. Above: The Wuhan Hygiene Emergency Response Team departs the market on Jan. 11, 2020, after it had been shut down to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Surprising Nuggets From The WHO Report: Our Science Correspondent Digs In

There is a lot of information packed into the 300-page report on the origins of the pandemic released this week. Here are three key points that haven't received a great deal of media attention.

Artist's impression of a woolly mammoth in a snow-covered environment.

Scientists Say They Could Bring Back Woolly Mammoths. But Maybe They Shouldn't

A company formed by Harvard genetics professor George Church, known for his pioneering work in genome sequencing and gene splicing, hopes to genetically resurrect woolly mammoths.

In this April 28, 2011, photo, an Afghan national army pickup truck passes parked U.S. armored military vehicles as smoke rises from a fire in a trash burn pit at Forward Operating Base Caferetta Nawzad, Helmand province south of Kabul, Afghanistan.

House to vote on bill to help veterans exposed to burn pits

The bill would open up federal health care benefits to millions of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service.

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