It’s called the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, but despite its industrial-sounding name, the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, or NPR-A, is much more than a fuel depot.

Researchers have uncovered the enzyme behind chromothripsis, a chaotic chromosome-shattering event seen in about one in four cancers. The enzyme, N4BP2, breaks apart DNA trapped in tiny cellular ...

The beads are increasingly viewed as a problem, but a Mardi Gras without beads also seems unfathomable. That is why it was a radical step when the Krewe of Freret made the decision last year to ban ...

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in frozen ice exposed to radiation, not warm liquid water as ...

Louisville moved up to sixth for its best ranking in four years in The Associated Press women's Top 25 basketball poll released Monday. UConn remained the unanimous No. 1 from the 31-member national ...

Nothing has changed at the top of the national rankings yet again, but Nebraska's rise has taken a big hit. Here’s everything you missed in the 13th week of the regular season, and the latest ...

Nipmuc Regional High School in Upton recently announced that it has achieved gold status on the College Board’s 2024-25 AP School Honor Roll. This honor recognizes schools whose advanced placement ...

The winter weather terrorizing the country hasn’t slowed down women’s college basketball. Illinois entered my poll, Maryland and Washington dropped and some SEC teams reshuffled this week. Here’s how ...

Arizona remained the unanimous No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll Monday while Michigan jumped over UConn and into second place following wins over previously unbeaten Nebraska and ...

STELLA, Wis. (AP) — The roughly 40 million Americans who get their water from private wells are particularly vulnerable to harmful forever chemicals. These well owners are often the last to know their ...