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On the Road to Cinnabar and Dark Angels

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Windup Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping literary fantasy about the young scion from a ruling-class family who faces rebellion as he ascends ...

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles wit...

Lakshminarayan’s debut novel ‘The Ten Percent Thief’ has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, an honour she shares with seminal author Amitav Ghosh

Most of the Public Favor a Range of Police Reforms to Curb Excessive Force, though Partisan Gaps Exist on Some Key Proposals Amid nationwide protests against racial bias in law enforcement and beyond,...

"Throughout 2024, our customers are going to see their bills be between 15 and 20% lower by the end of the year."

Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.