EPA has lowered the screening level for lead in soil – here’s what that could mean for households ac
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
The new level won’t trigger automatic cleanups, but it sets a lower threshold for taking precautions to reduce lead exposure.
NATO’s treaty has loopholes that give member countries, including the US, power over whether or not they want to intervene…
Since 2020, a team of legal researchers has collected more than 12,000 cases involving enslaved people and more than 40,000…
Archaeologists preserve records of their excavations, but many are never analyzed. Digital archaeology is making these records…
Future space missions will fly farther and longer than ever before – which means crew members may need more involved medical…
Syphilis cases have increased 30% among 15- to 24-year-olds in Philadelphia since 2019, while cases of gonorrhea are up…
A scholar who studies Southern Baptists explains why the denomination’s ultraconservative beliefs about women remain the…
Unfortunately, there’s no cure for scammers – but you can build immunity against them.
The answer depends in part on where you live. If it’s extremely hot and humid, the health risks are much higher.
Gunpowder warfare kicked off a new era of invasive surgery and prosthetic technology in Western medicine.
Hubble’s technical issues continue. But through some clever engineering, the telescope can continue operations with just…
The 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned 50 years of abortion rights is affecting where young people choose to go to college,…
While manufacturers say they are marketing oral nicotine pouches as a safer alternative for people who already smoke, nonsmokers…
Had James Crumbley taken 10 seconds to secure a cable lock, the lives of four teenagers may have been spared.
At the core of sovereign citizen beliefs is the denial of the legitimacy of the government. They do not believe they must…
Lawyers, advocacy groups and think tanks are soliciting historians’ expertise on the history underlying certain Supreme…
The Supreme Court has twice weighed in on ‘release time’ policies, and many states allow districts to implement them.