A new oral drug can slash cholesterol far below what statins achieve — the FDA just approved it. FDA approves cholesterol pill more powerful than statins Clinical trials showed the pill can bring dang…

The FDA has approved the first oral drug that can slash LDL cholesterol far below what statins can achieve.

Spain’s 2-0 dismantling of France on Bastille Day exposes the limits of “star-forward” tournament strategy. See How Spain Pulled Apart France’s Defense — This interactive 3-D breakdown of Pedro Porro’…

Bacteria caught sharing proteins mid-antibiotic attack — a survival trick science had not seen before. Scientists catch bacteria sharing proteins to survive antibiotics Dormant bacterial cells can rec…

A 50-year-old safeguard against habitat destruction has been quietly erased. Trump, Ending Decades of Protection, Opens Wild Habitats to Drilling and Mining The rule change strips the longstanding pro…

The Endangered Species Act’s “harm” rule, a 50-year cornerstone of habitat protection, has been gutted by the Trump administration.

The Ebola outbreak in Congo is escalating, and a U.S. citizen is now infected. U.S. Citizen Tests Positive for Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo — Africa’s CDC has warned this could become the lar…

Western Europe’s record-breaking June heat is now scorching the Alps’ glaciers and killing millions of farm animals. Western Europe Had Its Hottest June on Record — The snowpack vanished a month early…

Western Europe just logged its hottest June on record, and the heat is returning. Western Europe Had Its Hottest June on Record France, Britain, and Spain smashed temperature records in an unusually e…

A new category of lab-made cell can feed, grow, and divide — and scientists are debating whether it is alive.