Jennifer Pomeranz discusses a decades-old loophole for putting new ingredients into the country's food supply.

The pharmacologist gathered more than 60 researchers to push back on the retraction of a Monsanto-linked research paper.

Results from two major studies suggest tens of millions of people thought safe from coastal flooding are now at risk.

Many view parental alienation syndrome as a harmful and pseudoscientific concept. Why does an academic debate persist?

There’s a vast difference between schools that have money and schools that don’t,” said LaComb, a senior at Lake Buena Vista High School and Florida state representative on the National Student ...

The nation’s largest organization for medical examiners has issued a warning about a controversial, centuries-old forensic test that has contributed to cases in which pregnant women have been charged ...

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Suzanne Simard's "When the Forest Breathes" is steeped in grief over the juggernaut of the modern logging industry.

Timothy Stryker was making his second visit to Svalbard, a Norwegian island chain nudged up against the North Pole, but the yield signs still caught his attention: They directed drivers to defer not ...