The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors ...

Astronomers have made a detection suggesting biosignatures, or signs of biological activity, on an exoplanet located 124 ...

As we celebrate Earth Month, we are kicking off a series of retrospectives on National Academies reports and activities ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing growing criticism from parents and advocates who say his recent comments on autism were ...

A new global assessment has brought a dose of good news for conservationists: Decades of work to protect some of the ocean’s most ancient sea turtle populations are looking to be paying off. According ...

In the vast tapestry of nature, few animals capture the imagination quite like the giraffe. With their towering necks and ...

According to a study funded by the American Chemical Society ES&T Engineering, researchers funded by the National Science ...

Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton are out to "make democracy better" by studying a group of young people as they ...

Indian-origin astrophysicist Nikku Madhusudhan is leading what may be a major step forward in the search for alien life, with ...

Wealth inequality began shaping human societies more than 10,000 years ago, long before the rise of ancient empires or the invention of writing. That’s according to a new study led by Washington State ...

O f the many mistakes made in the COVID era, none were as glaring as prolonged school closures. The damages go beyond loss of ...

“High degrees of inequality are not inevitable in large societies,” said Feinman. “There are factors that may make it easier ...