Cornell University will receive $5.1 million as the Trump administration seeks to find a source and cure for autism.

Hosts of NPR's science podcast discuss new findings about long-distance fly migration, an unexpected impact of emissions in the Amazon, and fish noises.

For centuries, the primary way that astronomers studied outer space was through sight. But just ten years ago, scientists ...

Octopuses and their arms are a bit of a mystery.  Not because scientists don’t know how they work; they’re boneless ...

Worldwide, populations of scavenging animals that feed on rotting carcasses are declining. Scientists are finding that this ...

At 77, the Booker Prize-winning British novelist Ian McEwan shows no signs of slowing down. His new novel, What We Can Know, ...

In an interview about the new book he co-authored, Science Under Siege, Hotez talks about forces driving the anti-science ...

Jane Goodall, a legendary primatologist whose studies of wild chimpanzees transformed our understanding of apes, died Wednesday at age 91.

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

The regular Short Wave science roundup covers mysterious red dots in space, the neurons behind optical illusions and a study of octopus arms.

It's the first Nation's Report Card since the Trump administration began making cuts to the U.S. Education Department. The ...

There's no causal link between taking acetaminophen and autism in an offspring, yet some studies point to a correlation. What does that mean? And who should parents listen to?