In the game of online dating, men and women try to level up, study finds

On online dating sites, heterosexual men and women both seek out partners who are 25% more attractive than they are on average, according to a new study in Science Advances.

By Amina Khan

Aug 10, 2018

NASA's Parker Solar Probe aims to bring the sun's mysteries to light

The Parker Solar Probe, NASA's first mission to touch the sun, will venture closer to our home star than any spacecraft before it. The probe's findings could shed light on the corona, the solar wind and solar storms — and even more mysterious, powerful phenomena such as black holes and galaxies.

By Amina Khan

Aug 10, 2018

Coroner sent letters to doctors whose patients died of opioid overdoses. Doctors' habits quickly changed

Doctors who got a letter notifying them of a patient's overdose death scaled back their prescribing of opioids and other medications implicated in an epidemic claiming 174 lives per day.

By Melissa Healy

Aug 9, 2018

Human remains buried at Stonehenge 5,000 years ago offer a clue to where they came from

By Deborah Netburn

Aug 2, 2018

Hurricane Maria claimed 1,139 lives in Puerto Rico as its effects lingered for months, report says

By Karen Kaplan

Aug 2, 2018