I’m confident in my mastery over what doctors do — and less confident about my continued mastery of an ever-evolving universe of facts.

A.I. is already a powerful tool for scientific discovery. Now, some biomedical researchers are teaching it to do even more.

Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7--12, we study how generative AI affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school...

We can no longer pretend that A.I. is safe.

Tiny fragments of plastic are in the air, land and water in the country, where the burning of trash is common.

A prominent psychologist and meditation teacher set out to research the benefits of the practice. What she found alarmed her.

Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it could allow a Pentagon cash grab.

Marco Rubio is taking the wrong approach to free speech.

It is too hard for medical researchers to launch clinical trials.

In the unprecedented absence of federal guidance, leading medical groups are issuing their own recommendations for who should get the COVID-19, flu and RSV immunizations.

This fall, the nation’s kindergartners will be more vulnerable to disease than they’ve been in decades.

We must be honest about the seriousness of the situation we’re in.

Long-term global and regional GDP implications of heat stress on crops and labor, Sheng, Di, Edmonds, Jae, Zhao, Xin, Patel, Pralit, Morris, Stephanie, Dorheim, Kalyn, Bertram, Christoph, Fawcett, All...

Companies like Google and Microsoft have used their money, their might and their massive reach to influence nearly every step of the education supply chain.

Trump’s administration omitted microplastics from a list of pollutants for local utilities to monitor in drinking water.

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin told travel executives he may target airports in cities that don’t help ICE.

President Trump detailed new plans for a UFC fight the league is planning on the White House grounds in June. “I’ve been involved in a lot of big events, I have never had an event that …

The White House budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing

In Japan, the Terada Honke brewery holds fast to tradition: wild yeast, ancient songs, and a mixture of muscle and finesse.

As large language models take over more and more cognitive tasks, researchers are warning this mental outsourcing comes with a cost.

As the civilian toll in Iran mounts, some officials point to the impact of Pete Hegseth’s hostility to battlefield restraint.

A quiet policy change means the government is making fewer bets on long-term science.

The move to link coronavirus vaccines to 25 child deaths alarms career scientists who say the shots have been extensively studied.

More than 85 scientists say that a recent U.S. Department of Energy report is full of errors and misrepresents climate science.