Critics of Haidt’s take suggest that the evidence is mixed regarding whether increasing levels of teen mental health problems ...

New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.

A funding pause at the University of Michigan illustrates the uncertainty around new language in NIH grant awards.

Researchers have long advocated for a more systematic approach to environmental health, but funding may not hold.

The Biden administration had mandated that coal- and gas-fired power plants drastically reduce emissions by the 2030s.

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Norway's crusade to eliminate gasoline powered cars was years in the making. Can that achievement be replicated?

B efore the heat of the day set in, dozens of people were already gathered under a large banyan tree at the twice-weekly turmeric market in Ataikula, Bangladesh. The season for harvesting turmeric was ...

O n a blustery October afternoon at the Wolfcrow Bison Ranch in southern Alberta, Canada, Dan Fox and his ranch hand, Man Blackplume, tried to wrestle fence panels into place despite a 60 mph wind.

N umber 4 Hamilton Place is a be-columned building in central London, home to the Royal Aeronautical Society and four floors of event space. In May, the early 20th-century Edwardian townhouse hosted a ...

CRISPR provides one example of how biotechnology comes about through efforts to understand biodiversity. The research also illustrates how computation has become fundamental to biology: Algorithms and ...