Astronomers and enthusiasts can only wait as Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS passes behind the Suns glare. By the time it ...

Heavy metals are dangerous at high levels, but treatments that remove can also be risky and only benefit certain patients. Chelation therapy is used to treat acute cases of lead poisoning and other ...

Leading Canadian climate scientist Damon Matthews says a new report on surging levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide is the latest sign Canada should resist any pressure to backslide on its climate ...

Microsoft-backed (NASDAQ:MSFT) OpenAI (OPENAI) is considering expanding its footprint in Canada, either through building artificial intelligence infrastructure or purchasing capacity there, according ...

The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature 1, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories.

Sign up here to get The Boston Globe’s latest food stories delivered to your inbox once a week. EAST BRIDGEWATER — There’s an ice cream scientist working inside ...

Big tech companies are investing tens of billions to build data centers to power the AI boom: In September, Bank of America analysts found that construction spending on data centers in the U.S. was at ...

A recent study in Texas found that data centers have almost no measurable effect on local employment or income. The study found no evidence that data centers led to higher residential electricity ...

The U.S. government has shut down for the first time since 2018, as federal funding expired at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday. While shutdowns are rare, they have occurred more often in recent decades.

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some science news you may have missed. First, ...

Why do women usually live longer than men? The question has puzzled scientists for decades. It does not stop with humans. From gorillas in the forest to sparrows in the sky, the patterns repeat. The ...