Society & Policy

Religious dogma compromises Pope Francis's call for action on climate change by rejecting key solutions

The pope’s encyclical Laudato Si warns of global warming's human causes and grave implications

NASA’s former director of astrophysics plans to revolutionize space science with agile, privately funded missions

As governor of Wisconsin, the likely Republican presidential nomination-seeker consistently dismissed science and sided with polluters

The latest in ProPublica’s “Killing the Colorado” series looks inside the power plant fueling America’s drought

Did you know it's Pollinators Week? Find out what you can do to help our wonderful pollinators. 

Condeming one man's sexist comments is not enough; we also need to affect broader change for women in science

The British Nobel Prize-winner has complained that he's been treated unfairly, but it is the women he insulted that deserve sympathy and support

U.S. agencies hope the spectacle will raise public awareness of the growing elephant slaughter

A new report highlights conflicts of interest between food companies and the American Society for Nutrition.

Countries' current pledges for greenhouse gas cuts will fail to achieve a peak in energy-related emissions by 2030 and likely result in a temperature rise of 2.6 degrees Celsius by the end of the century, the International Energy Agency said on Monday.

A new documentary film presents the science behind when and why people lie. Daisy Yuhas reports