Society & Policy

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

People will often feel that the return trip covering the same geographical distance requires less time to complete. It doesn't. When all factors are equalized--same distance, traveling at approximately the same speed, no external delays, roughly the same number of rest stops--the duration of the return trip will be almost identical to the original journey. So why does it feel different?

An Obama-Rousseff meeting won't deliver climate targets but could strengthen forest protection

Sending people home with meds for their bedmates gets results but raises questions about drug resistance

Autism and schizophrenia are related to different forms of creativity

Two South Korean scientists say the virus does not seem highly contagious

The U.S. agency said greenhouse gases from aircraft endanger human health

People tend to remember a color they saw, for example green-blue teal, as being closer to a more stereotypical variant, such as straight blue or green. Karen Hopkin reports

Costa Rica wants information from Nicaragua about the potential environmental impact of a planned $50 billion canal project that would rival the Panama Canal

The decision is a victory for a plan to curb CO2 emissions from existing power plants, which is central to President Barack Obama's Climate Action Plan to fight climate change