The U.S. has long scrutinized China’s role in the illicit fentanyl trade. New research suggests the country’s crackdowns may have reduced U.S. overdose deaths.

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Side-blotched lizards probably don’t call the game that, but they play a version of it anyway. A new study explains the ...

By studying the natural world, scientists find blueprints for innovations that can improve human lives—in the genes of a ...

New research reveals organized networks linking paper mills, intermediaries, and compromised academic journals ...

When UC Berkeley biochemist Jennifer Doudna first began studying how bacteria fight virus infections, she had no idea it would result in one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the ...

Artificial intelligence peer reviewers recommend the acceptance of unsound papers created entirely by AI more than 80% of the time, a new study has found. The authors of the analysis, posted Oct. 20 ...

For generations, UFO enthusiasts have longed for claims of aliens visiting Earth to be seriously investigated by scientists. Now they are getting their wish. This month prominent peer-reviewed ...