Politics

The Clean Air Act, now undermined by the Supreme Court, exemplifies how the U.S. government once tackled “major questions”—and could again

This Supreme Court often ignores science when handing down decisions, and it affects far too many lives

Doctors must get more involved in the public health crises that climate change will bring

After a chaotic week in which gun safety measures were struck down by the Supreme Court and enacted by Biden, the time to act is now

We need to make firearms safer, and to do that, we need more robust research funding

The war in Ukraine shows the urgency of nuclear arms control

They boost suffrage, not fraud

Technology editor Sophie Bushwick breaks down the precedent for using your phone to monitor personal health data.

To protect personal information from companies that sell data, some individuals are relying on privacy guides instead of government regulation or industry transparency

The two countries must put aside their mistrust in order to establish rules for the peaceful use of outer space

But the U.S. must probe even further to catch up with China’s access to the ocean’s deepest reaches

Complex weapon systems are inherently prone to accidents, and this latest launch is one of a long history of military accidents in India