Hundreds – perhaps thousands – of infant deaths every year are preventable if parents make sure babies sleep in their…
With Brett Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, many predict that the court will move to the right on issues from abortion to…
Forest management is not a cure-all for wildfires, although it can help reduce the chances of massive burns. Making this…
Research shows that access to urban green space makes people and neighborhoods healthier. But parks can't work their…
Hysterical narratives promoting fear among some Americans may be more effective at sparking violence than hate speech is.…
Some people are more inclined to give when they know their friends will find out.
A fresh look at museum artifacts fills in a gap in the Asian archaeological record and refutes the idea that an advanced…
La epidemia de los opioides ha afectado a la región de los Apalaches, donde los índices de cáncer son altos. Muchos pacientes…
Scholars and skeptics warned about Facebook long before its founder was even born. Technology companies keep asking for…
Any amateur politician can engage in lying. President Donald Trump is going further than that. He's engaging in 'post-truth.'
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Billboards spreading misinformation on the risks of vaccination have popped up around American cities. A bioethicist explains…
The Pilgrims repeatedly thanked God for their good fortune. But without two earlier developments, the entire undertaking…
A behavioral scientist explains why people become vegans, why some meat-eaters find them so irksome and how scientists may…
Sharing seeds was common practice among farmers throughout history until the rise of agribusiness. Now seeds are trademarked…
By the time a building is abandoned and falls into disrepair, its community is already suffering. Michigan scholars suggest…
A new statistical test lets researchers search for similarities between groups. Could this help keep new important findings…
Health care relies on increasingly sophisticated devices for implanting into the body or monitoring it. Yet most med school…
Phones' functions go far beyond making calls these days. Here's the basics on why you can use some features and…
Research shows that when Americans are aware of the scale of food waste, and how much energy and water are used to produce…