Stories by Claire Cameron

Tens of thousands of people in the U.K. may be impacted by the outbreak of this disease, which is largely preventable with vaccines

Rising sea levels are slowing Earth’s rotation, lengthening days by 1.33 milliseconds per century

NASA is planning to roll its moon mission rocket back out later this month, with an April 1 target launch date

The conflict in the Middle East is causing the “largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market,” the International Energy Agency says

AI-powered writing tools are increasingly integrated into our e-mails and phones. Now a new study finds biased AI suggestions can sway users’ beliefs

The FDA on Tuesday approved leucovorin as a treatment for a rare genetic condition, not for autism, as the Trump administration had suggested

Men aged 35 or younger who already drink heavily may be even more likely to binge alcohol because of legal online sports betting, a new study has found

A large, bright meteor fell over Europe on Sunday, with some observers saying they could hear the rock’s explosive descent from the ground

Losing an hour of sleep to daylight saving time is not good for you, but there are ways you can help yourself bounce back

Michael Pollan tells Scientific American why the science of consciousness may ultimately be too subject to our own conscious minds to crack

A new catalog of gravitational waves more than doubles the known number of these spacetime ripples

Many older adults improve their physical and cognitive health over time, overturning the idea that aging equates to a decline

TerraPower, a start-up founded by Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates, is set to build a new kind of nuclear power plant in Wyoming

These results are preliminary, but they could eventually improve ovarian health and fertility in women, researchers say

Known as “La Calima,” this desert dust plume could hit Spain, Portugal and France, bringing with it grit-laden, rust-colored rainfall

A total lunar eclipse is set to grace the sky on Tuesday. Here’s how to see it

Nebula PMR 1 looks uncannily similar to an electrified brain inside a semitransparent skull

The announcement that NASA will rejigger Artemis III not to land on the moon in 2027 came after the agency’s Artemis II mission encountered problems, delaying its launch

Federal officers entered Columbia University property and detained a student on Thursday, university officials said

Astronomers captured this stunning image of the Milky Way’s center, revealing a web of gas, dust and stars in extraordinary detail

Former Harvard president Larry Summers will step back from his teaching and faculty positions at the end of the academic year

A baby sunlike star blowing a bubble of hot gas called an “astrosphere” was captured for the first time by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory

Thunderstorms can generate weak electrical discharges on the plants underneath, but until now, they had never been observed in nature

Just a day after NASA set a March 6 target date for its upcoming moon mission, the agency’s head announced it will roll back Artemis II’s rocket from the pad entirely