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Apps that track health information or help provide care may have benefits, but experts say a lack of regulation is concerning ...

Officials asked agency staff to draft a rule that would limit data collection. The move could set a global precedent.

A plan to announce the agency's new risk assessment stressed the need for MMR vaccinations. Last week, it was scrapped.

The federal agency supports everything from climate science to emergency preparedness. Cuts to funding and staff could hinder its work.

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 ...

In the summer of 2022, Abdel Abdellaoui was set to give a keynote at the annual conference of the International Society for Intelligence Research. But when he learned he’d be sharing a speaker roster ...

Amanda Todd was 15 years old when, in September 2012, she uploaded a nearly nine-minute video to YouTube that detailed years of cyberbullying, harassment, and extortion. The abuse left her traumatized ...

The closely-spaced deaths of two cougars in Washington state suggest the virus is likely more widespread than thought.

Peter Andrey Smith Peter Andrey Smith is a senior contributor at Undark. His stories have also been featured in Science, STAT, The New York Times, and WNYC Radiolab.