Mixed evidence has, in some studies, found an association with autism. No research has proved a causal relationship.

Recent upheavals have shaken confidence in the CDC, leading states and medical societies to forge their own paths.

The SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act seeks to revamp the FDA’s review process. Could it usher in more effective sunscreens?

A former NIH scientist and a journalist team up to bust common nutrition myths in their new book, “Food Intelligence." ...

Specific data about H5N1 outbreaks on farms has generally been deemed confidential by state and federal officials.

People in recovery from eating disorders and OCD increasingly seek support from coaches, but some experts are wary.

In January, researchers at Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University posted a study online on how artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT affect critical thinking. They wanted to know how knowledge ...

President Trump’s push to revive nuclear energy relies on deregulation, but experts say that strategy is misplaced.

In the 1960s, meteorologist Edward Lorenz was running weather simulations on an early computer system when he realized that a small rounding difference led to extremely divergent weather predictions.

Daniel P. Johnson, a geographer at Indiana University at Indianapolis, works with a team of researchers who spend a lot of time catching blowflies, dissecting their iridescent blue-green abdomens, and ...

Without observation, curiosity, collaboration, and creativity, people won’t make very good scientists. But there is one more factor to consider. In my opinion, it gets way more credit than it deserves ...

In the beginning, the Big Bang happened, sending everything in the universe expanding outward and apart, from a dense hot point. Since then, all that matter and energy has continued to move outward, ...