California holds vast stores of lithium. But mining projects stir debate over environmental costs and economic benefits.

Since the 1980s, athletes have been using fluorinated waxes on their boards, giving them "ridiculous" speed. No longer.

A Maryland program that lets oyster farmers capitalize off the environmental benefits of the bivalves had few takers.

During a December presentation, agency employees grew skeptical that Google Gemini could accurately write complex rules.

Kyle Walsh’s appointment to head the NIEHS, a $914-million public agency, is unprecedented. What is on his agenda?

The gray market is awash with BPC-157, a drug hyped as a cure-all, but unapproved by the FDA. Will RFK Jr. change that?

Scientists, academics, and some intended parents agree that better data is needed. “We need more research. You know, we need to design better studies,” said Bryan McColgan, a writer and trained ...

The biomedical research giant is largely run by 27 institute and center directors. Will those roles become politicized?

Violent pornography is easily accessible on the internet, and some children encounter it before they even get to middle school. How does this influence their expectations when it comes to physical ...

One morning in the fall of 2019, Zach Techner stepped into a heavily woven white beekeeper’s suit, pulled on rubber boots and thick orange gloves, and wrapped duct tape around his cuffs and along the ...

In the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, a mystery played out across news headlines: Men, it seemed, were dying of infection at twice the rate of women. To explain this alarming disparity, ...