Despite contradicting studies, seed oils have been blamed for America's ills. Where did the backlash come from?

Farmers blame a food additive required by the Danish government to cut methane emissions, but the source is unclear.

The lung float test has been used determine if a baby was born alive or not. Experts say it has "questionable value." ...

Publishers often charge authors to publish their publicly-funded research. Will a federal crackdown make a difference?

The owner of a rescued lab dog considers if insights gleaned through animal research are enough to justify the practice.

Just EAST of downtown Albuquerque, in the basement of a blocky beige University of New Mexico building, sits a machine that looks like a sci-fi piece of industrial equipment. Metal cylinders, painted ...

American inspections of foreign food facilities — which produce everything from crawfish to cookies for the U.S. market — have plummeted to historic lows this year, a ProPublica analysis of federal ...

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In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created the organization now called March of Dimes, with the goal of wiping out polio, the viral disease that caused his paraplegia. Just 17 years later, clear ...