Alison Snyder

A group of biosecurity experts says better governance is needed to try to limit the risks posed by advanced AI models being applied to biology.

Almost daily headlines about the spread of rare, potentially deadly insect-borne diseases like eastern equine encephalitis and Oropouche fever highlight the expanding threat that mosquitoes, ticks, and other bugs present.

New research sheds light on how different forms of childhood trauma can shape how the body functions and make a person susceptible to chronic illness.

Israeli airstrikes and ground operations ravaged Gaza the past year, destroying essential infrastructure and everyday life for Palestinians.

AI researchers notched two Nobel Prizes this week, elevating their work and field into the upper echelons of scientific achievement.

A task force is launching to help the incoming government update the U.S. vision for science and tech.

Almost 200 countries at a UN biodiversity conference agreed on a system for distributing proceeds from products derived from genetic information.

A second Trump administration presents a dilemma for scientists and career staff at top federal health agencies: stay and fight any efforts that undermine science for political purposes or leave.

OpenAI and other firms face the possibility that just making models larger might stop paying off.

Americans still trust scientists far less than they did before the pandemic.