A century-old WWI submarine is still leaking TNT into the North Sea, and scientists found something startling thriving in the ...

Uranium pollution has lingered in soil and water for decades, often long after mining operations have ended. In many places, ...

A second person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York. The New York City Health ...

A Legionnaires’ disease patient has died from the outbreak in New York City’s Upper East Side neighborhood. City officials ...

Scientists at National Taiwan University College of Medicine have discovered that cancer formation is not simply caused by ...

Health officials say a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan’s Upper East Side now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses ...

Researchers discovered bacteria can convert dissolved uranium into a stable compound that could support future environmental ...

Last week, we looked at a new study of the origin of complex cells, one that showed that our ancestors’ genomes were pieced together from bits and pieces of multiple species. It put a spotlight on a ...

Researchers headed by a team at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have discovered that many gut bacteria use a flexible survival strategy—known as epigenetic “bet-hedging”—to withstand ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising twist in how bacteria share genes—including those that spread antibiotic resistance. Tiny virus-like particles called gene transfer agents (GTAs), once ancient ...

A scar that runs along the base of Dr. Lara Johnson’s neck serves as a permanent reminder of the devastating effects of a vaccine-preventable disease. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...