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Herricks High School senior Serena Chen, 17, burst into tears Wednesday after learning she was a semifinalist in the Regeneron Science Talent Search. Chen and her fellow applicants at the New Hyde ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies the highest priority science objectives for the first human mission to Mars, and says searching ...

More than 11 years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Malaysian government has approved a new search for the missing debris of the aircraft. Malaysia announced the push for ...

“Do your own research” is a popular tagline among fringe groups and ideological extremists. Noted conspiracy theorist Milton William Cooper first ushered this rallying cry into the mainstream in the ...

Thirty-three Long Island high school seniors were named Regeneron Science Talent Search semifinalists Wednesday — a historic low for the Island but still higher than any other region in the United ...

Rachel Nuwer: When someone says psychedelics, what comes to mind? Maybe “magic mushrooms” or LSD? Or if you’re a real aficionado, maybe you think of more obscure substances such as dimethyltryptamine, ...

Did you know there's a quest to find Leonardo da Vinci's DNA? With no direct descendants, scholars have taken to sampling the famous artist's paintings, letters and even distant cousins. And after ...

Two North Carolina teenagers captured top spots Tuesday night in a prestigious national science competition, including a $175,000 prize for finishing in second place. Ava Grace Cummings, 18, a senior ...