Opinion

The 2024 presidential election will have enormous consequences for the climate, and the health and future of children

If the influenza virus infecting cattle workers starts a pandemic, help in the form of a vaccine is months away

Anti-intellectualism is a prevalent and pernicious force in American public life. Stimulating interest in science may combat its influence

A new United Nations expert study of the effects of nuclear war would spur informed and inclusive global debate on what nuclear war means for people and the planet today

Convicted of a crime that never happened, Roberson’s case is a prime example of how the U.S. legal system often fails to recognize advances in scientific knowledge

Lyudmila Trut devoted her life to studying the process of domestication by selectively breeding friendly foxes

People recovering from substance use disorders need homes, jobs and medication-centered, quality health care, not just a bed in a residential treatment center

Pediatric long COVID is more common than many thought, and we keep letting kids be reinfected with new variants

Science is filled with tools that once seemed revolutionary and are now just part of the research tool kit. That time may have come for artificial intelligence

Trump’s anti-immigrant good-gene-bad-gene screeds are nothing but factless eugenics for a new era

As tensions soar in the Middle East, the president’s lame duck status hinders efforts to manage the escalation of risks in the region

Implementing smart technologies such as demand-controlled ventilation could reduce the carbon footprint of office buildings, which contribute more than one third of fossil fuel emissions globally