Among the many promises that RFK Jr. offered in his confirmation hearings, promises that he has gone about breaking in spectacular fashion, one was a promise of "radical transparency". His approach, in his own words, was laid out directly to Congress. My approach to administration HHS will be transparency. If members of this committee or...

President Donald Trump's pick to run the Food and Drug Administration left Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) briefly speechless by declining to say whether an intrauterine device causes an abortion.Heidi Overton, a physician and White House domestic policy adviser, appeared before the Senate Health, Educatio...

Technological innovations mean that the terms of military conflict have changed — forever

Pivot Bio, a company selling farmers a self-sustaining, non-synthetic, bacterial source of nitrogen, aims to lower the nitrogen levels that are the source of significant water pollution in farm states...

Patients also reduced opioid use

Use of cannabis across the globe has grown by 40% over the last decade, with 256m people now reported to have used cannabis over the past year in 2024.  That […]

As greenhouse production becomes increasingly data-driven, AI-powered drones are emerging as an additional tool for collecting plant-level information. Andrew Mabry of ZenaDrone describes the…

It has now been one year since President Trump declared a “crime emergency” in the nation’s capital and deployed thousands of members of the National Guard to its streets. Questions continue to mount ...

Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about…

It could have consequences far beyond the Middle East

Has the United States launched a forever war on Iran? As the Trump administration renews its attacks on Iran, killing at least 35 civilians over the course of five days, political analyst Ali Vaez war...