An executive order upended an NIH policy requiring researchers to account for both sexes in preclinical animal studies.

Kathryn Paige Harden's "Original Sin" explores the genetic roots of sin and guilt, and our attitudes toward punishment.

Research is identifying alternative methods to the polygraph, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible.

Industrial-grade buoys are being installed to prevent unauthorized crossings, but the environmental impact is unknown.

Research has increasingly connected wildfire and smoke with worsening mental health, partly due to damage in the brain.

Low-quality, mass-produced video content is alarming child development experts. Few guardrails are in place to stop it.

Like many crime labs in the United States, analysts at the center routinely perform forensic firearms identification, meaning ...

Despite the initial hype, insect agriculture is facing the economic realities of competing with the traditional meat industry.

In 1775, Washington deployed colonial soldiers who had survived smallpox to retake Boston during a city-wide epidemic.

For decades, a global transition has been underway: The slow, sometimes clumsy shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Changing just one industry requires a significant infrastructural makeover.

When organizations need to make an announcement they hope the public won’t pay much attention to, they often drop the news right before the weekend. On a Friday afternoon this past October, in the ...

While the new guidelines say that generally, “saturated fat consumption should not exceed 10% of total daily calories,” the document’s new food pyramid features red meat, cheese, and whole milk at or ...