Opinion

After years of downtime for upgrades, the world’s premier gravitational-wave observatories are coming back online with big hopes for transformative discoveries

Ovarian cancer is hard to detect and usually deadly. Preemptively removing fallopian tubes during other abdominal surgeries could save hundreds of thousands of lives

Exclusive breastfeeding is not imperative, and the “breast is best” mantra can be harmful to babies and parents, especially among marginalized people

To demonstrate our university’s biodiversity, we created maps using Indian folk art, and they have been a resounding success

Moral panics aimed against trans people are both attacks on that community and part of a broader strategy to control youth across the U.S.

For academic research to be truly equitable, leadership, not just the scientists from underrepresented groups, must advocate for it

AI-powered facial recognition will lead to increased racial profiling

Facing Russia’s nuclear threats, the U.S. and its G7 allies must not whitewash their own

Oil companies can’t be trusted in times of disaster; just ask an Alaskan

Academics can do more to help disadvantaged communities in the U.S.

People who raise animals for slaughter do hard, emotional labor that spares everyone else who eats meat from that burden, concludes a sociologist

Under former president Jair Bolsonaro, scientific misinformation ran rampant through Brazil. And even with new leadership, it will be difficult to stop