Las Vegas-based startup WAVR, a part of the local National Science Foundation Engines program, is developing tech that harvests water from the air.

Philanthropy backs bold science as federal funds shrink. Schmidt Polymaths support Saad Bhamla’s work on biomechanics of everyday organisms from ripple bugs to flamingos.

An out-of-this-world school project is garnering international recognition, and the mind behind it is a 15-year-old student. “I think it’s about what can ...

Black Americans face a significantly higher risk of Alzheimer’s and other dementias than white Americans. Researchers are ...

Forest ecologist Mark Harmon has been exhaustively examining dead logs for 40 years, and he’s found a complex world few ...

Arts and culture have been a significant part of the human experience for as long as humans have existed, but in modern times ...

Building an accurate model of Earth’s climate requires a lot of data. Photography reveals the extreme efforts scientists have ...

The controversy over Resynergi Inc.’s proposed plastics recycling facility in Rohnert Park continues to boil in public forums even as officials look into the company’s permit history ...

A report finds that President Trump’s flagship legislation will grant $40 billion in new subsidies to the oil and gas ...

The Veteran Alliance for Legislative Outreach and Reform wants more research into psychedelic-assisted therapy and other ...

A team of more than 40 scientists are sounding the alarm bell over risky geoengineering projects being considered at the ...

Proposed cuts to NASA's aeronautics budget would have a outsized impact on critical research for civil and military ...