The federal agency supports everything from climate science to emergency preparedness. Cuts to funding and staff could hinder ...

A recent lawsuit against the American Chemical Society highlights the vulnerability of programs intended to promote DEI.

Though the fungi await FDA approval, the state has begun overseeing legal use of the drug in mental health treatment.

Researchers in Norway and the U.S. are training artificial intelligence to address cybergrooming. Will it work?

A plan to announce the agency's new risk assessment stressed the need for MMR vaccinations. Last week, it was scrapped.

In an era of open data, genome-wide association studies have become entangled with efforts to prove Black inferiority.

Five years ago, Melanie Richburg used a roll of duct tape, a HEPA filter, and a portable fan to draw contaminated air out of a hospital room where patients were tested for the coronavirus. Now, as the ...

In "Ends of the Earth," Neil Shubin travels north and south to explore the frontiers of polar science and history.

In “The Power of Nuclear,” Dutch journalist Marco Visscher takes aim at fears and misconceptions about atomic energy.