Thursday’s vote is a watershed moment in the years-long effort to strengthen Michigan’s dam safety standards, which are among the nation’s weakest.

On this day September 27  1962  the hugely influential book “Silent Spring” was published. It had already been serialised in the New Yorker from June. Carson’s book is regarded as the starting gun for...

Five scientific experts discuss whether artificial intelligence is — or might one day become — truly intelligent.

The former CBS News climate producer is bringing independent journalists together to “swarm report” major stories — and build their audiences in the process.

Speaking with climate reporters about staying on the beat—because, as Bill McKibben put it, “for better or for worse, by this time next year, there’s no doubt in my mind that climate coverage will be ...

Ahead of Saturday's Sturgeon Fest, we checked in on the little babies released last year. How are they doing? Early signs are promising.

A compassionate, evidence-based look at pregnancy loss--how and why it happens, and why the assurances of the medical industry don't reflect the reality One of the most prevalent myths about human pre...

A new ChemSec report finds most of the world's largest PFAS producers are expanding output to meet demand from AI data centers.

In the barren walls of his Calvin Hall office, where the Center for Intellectual Freedom resides, interim director and University of Iowa economics professor Luciano de Castro shuffles a stack of pape...

Decision marks first time a genetically modified tree designed for forest restoration clears regulatory hurdle.

School lunches were free to all kids during the pandemic; a prominent think-tank wants to bring back the idea and make it permanent.

A new brief by a prominent scholar argues that some criticisms of the University of California’s test-free policy are predicated on assertions that simply aren’t true.

For one week, we asked what our community thinks about the U.S. president’s decision to rename Lake Ontario.

Remembering what it took, across decades, to end the exploitation of children in factories.

Togo-sponsored resolution called to phase out traditional map that depicts continent as similar size to Greenland

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the second quarter of 2026, as oil consumption plummeted amid the strait of Hormuz crisis.

An analysis of new awards suggests that as of 26 August 2026, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued 57% fewer awards in the astronomical sciences in the current fiscal year compared to the ...