In “What We Inherit,” Sam Trejo and Daphne O. Martschenko examine the link between genetic myths and social genomics.

With cuts to Obamacare looming, the U.S. could look to the Netherlands for a model of a sustainable multi-payer system.

Last week, the agency's bedrock "endangerment finding" that greenhouse gases threaten human life was overturned.

"The Great Shadow," by Susan Wise Bauer, is a sweeping survey of humanity’s relationship to illness over the centuries.

Does the technology prevent shootings? The evidence is thin. Critics suggest security companies are preying on fear.

California holds vast stores of lithium. But mining projects stir debate over environmental costs and economic benefits.

Since the 1980s, athletes have been using fluorinated waxes on their boards, giving them "ridiculous" speed. No longer.

Growing up in Teaneck, New Jersey, with a brother who had severe intellectual disabilities, Linda Birnbaum developed an interest in the human brain. She was a formidable child: In 1961, as a teenager, ...

In 2006, a new study on antidepressants was making headlines with its promising results: Two-thirds of participants who tried various antidepressants recovered from their depression symptoms within ...

Up until a couple years ago, an attorney in his late 30s used to repeatedly check his vehicle for signs that he might have injured a pedestrian. The man had no reason to think he had actually hit ...