Coastal development is destroying marshes, mangroves and other wetlands that provide valuable protection from hurricanes…
While more women than ever are surviving breast cancer, they often do so with bad side effects. Studies are showing that…
The results of an online survey that measured public responses to a policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions contradict…
The 'resistance' to the Trump administration has many forms, from grassroots organizing to making music. But a historian…
Is gene editing compatible with organic farming? A scholar explains the differences between old genetic engineering and…
A person in the US can expect to live an average of 78.8 years. But that number can change by decades depending on the community…
One of the largest concentrations of poverty in the US exists in communities at the US-Mexico border called 'colonias.'…
Hurricanes frequently move inland in the southeast US, causing widespread river flooding, but emergency plans focus on protecting…
Si bien muchos padres creen que darle un móvil a sus hijos es una cuestión de seguridad, una investigación demuestra…
Research shows student-athletes spend triple the amount of time on sports as on academics, raising questions about whether…
William Nordhaus showed that the market offers the best chance for preventing global catastrophe form climate change.
The devastation of the recent earthquake and tsunami might be most visible in Palu, the capital city of Central Sulawesi.…
Just because you don't have the flu doesn't mean that your aren't teeming with viruses inside and out. But what…
Many states are also eroding a woman's right to access abortions.
The UN's panel on climate change said that technologies to remove CO2 will be necessary to limit global temperature…
Breast cancer, once a death sentence, now has a survival rate of more than 90 percent. This means that millions of women…
Undergraduate statistics degrees have tripled in the past decade. Is 'statistician' really the sexy new job?
While the problem of priestly abuse might be centuries old, its modern paper trail began after World War II, when 'treatment…
After four years of economic crisis and corruption, Brazilians have never trusted their government less. They showed their…