Millions of women in the United States have missed going to their doctors for a Pap smear — a key tool in early detection of cervical cancer — whether it be to avoid pain, a cultural sensitivity or ...

As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, blood work revealed that she had elevated blood sugar and cholesterol. If nothing changed, her doctor said, Crisp would need to start medication. Despite ...

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a good thing? By Kristen V. Brown As Kimberly Crisp approached middle age, ...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration collects crash data about autonomous vehicles, but only issues voluntary guidelines about expectations for those vehicles. Those guidelines softened ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. For decades, self-awareness has been guarded as a very ...

3I/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object ever observed traveling through the solar system, following 1I/'Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. Each encounter has sparked fascination—and ...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is offering to pay illegal aliens $3,000 and provide a free plane ticket out of the U.S. if they register by the end of the year for self-deportation on the ...

Four astronauts in training to fly around the moon early next year strapped into their Orion spacecraft this weekend for a dress rehearsal countdown in a major milestone toward launch. Based on ...

The Artemis II crew completed a launch day simulation, a key step before their mission around the moon. The mission, slated for as early as February, will be a 10-day test flight aboard the Orion ...

Just days after Jared Isaacman took control as head of NASA and President Trump signed an executive order calling for a return to the moon by 2028, the four-person astronaut crew who will fly around ...

A new facility to help local startups test autonomous vehicle (AV) innovations just broke ground southeast of Pittsburgh. PennSTART, a state-of-the-art facility to assess transit tech like ...

Self-collected vaginal specimens are now acceptable for cervical cancer screening, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society. Clinician-collected cervical specimens are still ...