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Scientist holding a DNA sample with the results on a computer sceeen in a laboratory

Do DNA Databases Make Would-Be Criminals Think Twice?

Some argue that this sort of biosurveillance raises civil rights concerns

An onlooker views newly ruptured ground after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck in the area on July 6, 2019 near Ridgecrest, California.

Scientists: Movement Detected Along California Fault That Could Cause an 8-Magnitude Earthquake

Scientists say a part of the Garlock fault slipped after being triggered by...

Scientists say a part of the Garlock fault slipped after being triggered by the series of earthquakes in July

NASA astronauts Jessica Meir (left) and Christina Koch inside the Quest airlock preparing the U.S. spacesuits and tools they will use on their first spacewalk together.

The First All-Women Spacewalk Is Happening Now. Here's How to Watch It Live

The first ever spacewalk by an all-women crew is happening today. Coverage ...

The first ever spacewalk by an all-women crew is happening today. Coverage began at 6:30 a.m. ET, and the astronauts are scheduled to enter the vacuum of space at 7:50 a.m. Astronaut Christina Koch, who...

In this handout provided by NASA, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly of NASA rest in a chair outside of the Soyuz TMA-18M spacecraft just minutes after he and Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov of Roscosmos landed in a remote area on March 2, 2016 near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

TIME's Award-Winning Year in Space Documentary Is Now Available On Netflix

We followed astronaut Scott Kelly as he spent nearly a year aboard the ISS

To Protect the Amazon Rainforest and Beyond, We Must Start in the Andes

If the Amazon rainforest are the lungs of the planet, then the Andes are it...

If the Amazon rainforest are the lungs of the planet, then the Andes are its lifeblood. The world’s last remaining hotspot for agrobiodiversity, the region is the origin of many nutritionally important crop species and...