The death of Ruben Ray Martinez, 23, would mark the earliest of at least six deadly shootings by federal officers since the start of the Trump administration's nationwide immigration crackdown.

As warming breaches a critical threshold, scientists fear cascading consequences.

In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

The new declaration echoes similar efforts from NIH and EPA.

As the Colorado River’s reservoirs have declined, even larger amounts of groundwater have been drained from aquifers. Using satellite data, scientists have estimated the vast water losses.

Among the hundreds of National Science Foundation grants terminated by the Trump administration were programs to recruit engineering students from rural Nebraska and improve math instruction at the co...

by Tara Pozzi, Mark Lubell, Tanya Heikkila, Andrea K. Gerlak, & Pamela Rittelmeyer Science enterprises play an increasingly important role in shaping the policy process. While existing literatu…

A draft agreement of a $67 million settlement between the DeSantis administration and a Medicaid contractor that had overbilled the state sheds new light on how $10 million of that amount was diverted...

Lapse may be temporary, but draft budget plans would eliminate service

Activism isn’t just the “antidote to despair.” A growing body of research suggests it’s also pretty effective at changing the world.

After halting federal attempts to combat global warming, President Trump is now targeting efforts by states to reduce greenhouse gases, setting up a legal clash.

An estimated 3,500 barrels of oil spilled in a field near Fort Ransom, N.D., and the release was contained, the pipeline’s operator said.

Americans can learn from opponents of authoritarianism elsewhere.

Author(s): Rudnick, Jessica; Heikkila, Tanya; Koebele, Elizabeth; Morrison, Tiffany; Batavia, Chelsea | Abstract: Climate change affects nearly every aspect of the interdependent biophysical and socia...

Colleges are using surveillance videos and search warrants to investigate students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Experts say it’s a new frontier in campus security that could threaten civil li...

Overfishing, disease and environmental crimes cause social and political instability, economic strife and strained international relations.

The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.

Threatened with losing $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to overhaul its protest policies and security practices.

Nationalistic behavior can put people, economies and ecosystems, and even peace, at risk. The US, which paused Columbia River talks with Canada, isn’t the only country shifting in this direction.

As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy

More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil show that the culture war is no longer just a culture war.

A federal judge in New York has blocked any efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia university graduate and Palestinian activist who was arrested Saturd...

Since 1995, presidents have issued a series of proclamations celebrating Women's History in March. NPR readers share stories of the women who have made the biggest impacts on their lives.

Utah lawmakers have passed a bill to require voter ID and phase out automatic voting by mail — but not until 2029.

California's fishing fleet depends on catching Chinook salmon. Low population numbers could lead regulators to shut down or sharply limit fishing this year.

Butterflies of all kinds of species, in all parts of the country, have declined by one to two percent since 2000.