You might not think much about science topics as part of your everyday life. But science – like art, music, religion –…
Research from the last few decades suggest marijuana helps more than it harms. But Sessions' proposed crackdown would…
Venezuela's terrible crisis has gotten worse, as children die of hunger and food riots grip the country. Still, President…
A debilitating eye injury and racial epithets weren't enough to derail O'Ree's resolve.
In what came to be known as the Thule incident, an American bomber crashed in Greenland, spreading radioactive wreckage…
A watershed scientist explains why post-wildfire landscapes are so susceptible to landslides – and why those risks are…
Congress is drafting the 2018 farm bill, which will guide agriculture, nutrition, trade and rural development policy. A…
An affair between a philosophy professor and his teenage student became the subject of ballads in the streets of Paris in…
Its plan to stop lending money for oil and gas projects embraces the spirit of the Paris agreement at a time when the U.S.…
Sometimes a work of art is characterized by a string of failures, but nonetheless ends up being a gorgeous freak accident…
As people's bodies age, so do their blood cells. This affects immunity and an ability to withstand certain cancer treatments.…
Many people in rural America don't have access to fast, affordable internet access. How might those communities connect…
Life expectancy has fallen for the second time in two years. That's not supposed to happen in a rich country like the…
We underestimate the power of language to divide and to bring people closer together, scholars say.
Few of them are getting rich off their books but the genre is making them more money than it used to.
Researchers use an algorithm designed to help robots move to figure out what's possible when designing new molecules…
In response to mudslides that have killed at least 20 people in Southern California, a geologist calls for more resources…