If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

Modern medicine helps us stay healthy and recover from illnesses that once had no cure. But getting here took centuries of ...

in 2026, medical breakthroughs sometimes include uses of technology that sound like the stuff of science fiction stories.

The 19th-century science fiction novel Frankenstein explores the idea of combining artificial materials with human body ...

Duggan is director of the Division of Nutrition and professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Hivert is professor of population medicine and director of curricular theme nutrition and ...

How to write a science fiction book?! NOW WE’RE TALKING! I have an idea for a science-fiction book, but I’m not going to tell you what it’s about, because I’m going to make a ton of money. OK, OK, ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. [CLIP: The spaceship Hail Mary’s operating system (played by Priya Kansara) speaks in ...

In Project Hail Mary, Dr. Ryland Grace is a humble schoolteacher who one day awakens to find he’s been launched into space as humanity’s last hope for survival. Given the meteoric rise to fame of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency proposed Friday to weaken air pollution limits on a chemical used to sterilize medical equipment, a move that would reverse a Biden administration ...

The successful commercialization of innovative medical technologies remains a cornerstone of advancing healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. The journey from a novel concept to a market-ready ...

Consensus on youth gender surgery may be crumbling, according to a New York Times guest essay. The piece acknowledges the growing "cracks" in medical agreement regarding the treatment for minors as ...

A top White House economist dubbed the weekend report about artificial intelligence risks that had roiled the stock market “science fiction.” The paper from Citrini Research imagines a 2028 world in ...