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To mark the 40th anniversary of the Science Times section, the New York Times looks at big topics that curiosity demands answers to, such as climate change, artificial intelligence, space travel and human longevity.

According to a new paper in Science, a strain of yeast powered by light-harvesting nanoparticles can brew high-value chemicals from simple and renewable carbon sources.

"Some scientists say that stress is part of the job, and wear it like a badge of honor. I want to debunk that myth," says James Turner in this careers commentary. Group leaders should learn how to recognize if colleagues are experiencing problems at work.

Six newly elected members to the House of Representatives with STEM backgrounds talked with Science about national issues that also affect the scientific community.

What makes us human may not lie so much in our language and tool use but in our ability to mull over the past and plan for the future.

A technique that turns dead rodents clear uncovers surprising details about how the animals.

Built from the bottom up, synthetic cells and other creations are starting to come together and could soon test the boundaries of life.

Wildlife scientists say the mother bear was agitated by the drone that captured the footage, leading her to take unnecessary risks that could have endangered her cub.

An ambitious effort to sequence the genome of every complex organism on Earth was officially launched on November 1 in London. The project comprises more than a dozen existing sequencing programs, such as the Darwin Tree of Life Project.

The GRAVITY instrument on the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope has discovered new details about the Milky Way’s central supermassive black hole — chiefly, hot clumps of gas that orbit the black hole at 30 percent the speed of light.