Infusing Fun Into Cancer Treatment

The crowing of a red junglefowl, ancestor to farm chickens, is shorter.

Nuclear energy could help stem climate change, but economic conditions aren’t favorable for many existing nuclear power plants.

Natural gas seems to be better for the environment than coal because of its reduced carbon emissions, but environmentalists say it may not be better after all.

Can exercise change our DNA?

A final word, in alphabetical order, to bid farewell to the Science Times podcast.

Using modern digital processing, researchers have given sound to some of the earliest written recordings of pulses and heartbeats.

Scientists arrived at a limit of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit for Earth’s temperature to increase, arguing anything above that will cause significant damage.

In California, young patients can lose themselves in a digital dreamworld during their grueling treatments.

James B. Garvin, a chief scientist with NASA, discusses the history of Mars exploration, current technological advances and what is still to come in understanding our planetary neighbor.

A robot exhibit at New York City’s Museum of Math shows how simple interactions lead to large-scale, organized behavior.