A Maryland program that lets oyster farmers capitalize off the environmental benefits of the bivalves had few takers.

In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, a mystery played out across news headlines: Men, it seemed, were dying of infection at twice the rate of women. To explain this alarming disparity, ...

Scientists, academics, and some intended parents agree that better data is needed. “We need more research. You know, we need to design better studies,” said Bryan McColgan, a writer and trained ...

Kyle Walsh’s appointment to head the NIEHS, a $914-million public agency, is unprecedented. What is on his agenda?

During a December presentation, agency employees grew skeptical that Google Gemini could accurately write complex rules.

The gray market is awash with BPC-157, a drug hyped as a cure-all, but unapproved by the FDA. Will RFK Jr. change that?

Violent pornography is easily accessible on the internet, and some children encounter it before they even get to middle school. How does this influence their expectations when it comes to physical ...

Santiago Maestas has grown apples, peaches, and apricots on his New Mexico property for more than five decades. He still cherishes the network of ancient gravity-fed irrigation ditches that deliver ...

Nearly 2 million people, most of them Black or Latino men, are locked up in the United States. In October 2021, the National Institute of Justice, the research arm of the U.S. Department of Justice, ...

The alien-like blooms and putrid stench of Amorphophallus titanum, better known as the corpse flower, draw big crowds and media coverage to botanical gardens each year. In 2015, for instance, around ...

The 911 call came early the morning of April 24, 2020: A man was reportedly at the home where his estranged wife lived, violating the protective order she had against him. Police arrived, spotlighting ...