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

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

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

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

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

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?

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 ...

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

One day in 1905, the French geophysicist Bernard Brunhes brought back to his lab some rocks he’d unearthed from a freshly cut road near the village of Pont Farin. When he analyzed their magnetic ...

The lawsuits join a recent uptick in legal action against universities, departments, and professional societies that host programs intended to increase diversity across academia, including in the ...

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, ...