For years, mifepristone and similar drugs have been used to treat uterine fibroids and endometriosis. Now researchers are exploring whether these drugs could have other uses in women’s health, includi...

Climate crisis blamed as virus that originated in Africa spreads to livestock as far north as Aberdeenshire

Public consultation launched amid fears ‘iconic species’ could be lost entirely from Irish rivers

The California state bill would have penalized people who secretly recorded people in public with wearables equipped with cameras and microphones.

Opinion: A recent Third Circuit decision exposes the flimsy justification behind nearly every blanket return-to-office mandate issued since the Covid-19 pandemic ended, and it should terrify any emplo...

How paywalls killed the public sphere.

For the first time in 150 years, kiwi once again live in the hills surrounding Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. More than 250 manu (“birds” in the Māori language) were successfully translocated back ...

"Mad Men" star Jon Hamm took part in a violent college hazing in 1990 at the University of Texas that led to criminal charges and to the fraternity chapter permanently disbanding, according to court a...

Our findings highlight the importance of infection control to achieve cancer prevention. Scientifically proven, but often underused, approaches include HPV and HBV vaccination; testing and treatment o...

Alt: Little girl rubbing eyes in exhaustion.

Last Ditch, a bar and art space, ended its Covid mask requirement as a way to attract more people. What it got instead was outsized attention.

An energy-hungry data centre that received recent council approval to have diesel generators as backup power is now appealing against the "unreasonable" conditions on how they can be used.

A ProPublica analysis found that the spike in deaths has elicited almost no public health response.

Wildlife defenders criticize the Trump administration's latest move to weaken Endangered Species Act protections—allowing accidental injuries and deaths.

Scotland is the first country in the world to use evidence gathered during the pandemic to transform its guidelines on reducing the spread of respiratory disease in health care settings. The new appro...

The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...