A growing number of medical experts and law enforcement officials are reversing testimony that put parents behind bars. But ...

Organoids are bits of neural tissue that model human brain development. Their use in science makes some uneasy, in part because the brain is so closely tied to our sense of self.

Predatory journals and political interference threaten scientific independence, undermining research integrity and public trust. Industries, notably tobacco, manipulate science through misinformation ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a vaccine skeptic who spreads medical disinformation and conspiracy theories, to head the Department of Health and Human Services ...

A close-up of the administration building at National Institutes of Health. (NIH photo) The National Institutes of Health hasn’t made much headway on efforts to remedy its shortage of data science ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Isabella Cueto covers the leading causes of ...

CLIMATE SCIENTISTS IN NEW ENGLAND WHO TRACKED GLOBAL TEMPERATURES SAY THE EARTH HAS BEEN HOTTER THESE PAST THREE DAYS THAN IT’S EVER BEEN SINCE RECORDKEEPING STARTED DECADES AGO. THE UNIVERSITY OF ...

The recently launched Fram2 mission, which is funded and led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will attempt to grow mushrooms, test out hormone diapers and X-ray civilian astronauts. However, ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Herbalife, a premier health and wellness company, announced today that members of its scientific and regulatory teams from around the world have been invited to present ...

Against a backdrop of plummeting test scores and grim pandemic learning loss, the science of reading has been gaining traction, but literacy experts warn there are myriad challenges ahead. Solving the ...

Summer may be winding down, but we’re not quite ready to let go of beach days, backyard cookouts, or ice cream cones. We love ice cream here at SciFri, so we’re pulling a few of our favorite ice cream ...