Canada has had more than a year of continuous measles transmission. The United States has until January to limit cases before losing status.

Like exercise, gratitude takes many forms. Finding the right practice, research shows, is up to the individual.

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As action from the U.N.’s huge COP30 international meeting falls short, smaller groups are banding together to find ways to fight climate change.

Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a recently discovered species that may shake up the human family tree.

Takanori Takebe’s strange investigation into whether humans can use the gut for breathing has surprisingly sentimental origins: helping his dad.

A microphone on NASA’s Perseverance rover recorded the sounds of electrical discharges generated by dusty gusts.

In people at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, researchers linked minimal to moderate physical activity to a 3-to 7-year delay in cognitive symptoms.

The mRNA platform offers the advantage of faster vaccine production, which could allow more time to decide on which flu strains to cover.

Video from the Haíɫzaqv Nation Indigenous community shows a wolf hauling a crab trap ashore. Scientists are split on whether it counts as tool use.

Recent U.S. decisions about vaccines signal bigger changes to come that could threaten the foundation of the national childhood immunization schedule.

Expectations of continued success for American science were shaken this year when the Trump administration cut billions of dollars in funding and fired thousands of scientists.