Millions have been spent to catch plagiarism and AI with tools from education company Turnitin. Is the tech worth it?

As international research projects are upended, European leaders say they will fill the funding void. Is that realistic?

New evidence suggests the universe might not behave as expected, raising questions about the costs of being wrong.

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A funding pause at the University of Michigan illustrates the uncertainty around new language in NIH grant awards.

The Biden administration had mandated that coal- and gas-fired power plants drastically reduce emissions by the 2030s.

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I n a resettlement colony on the outskirts of Chennai, a sprawling industrial city on India’s Bay of Bengal, rows of beige tenements rise out of marshland in clusters, blocking out the sky in a ...

E ach year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, around 1,300 infants die from sudden infant death syndrome, or SIDS. It’s a leading cause of death for ...

T he elderly woman was sprawled on her back in the dirt, head resting to one side, elbows bent as though she was about to prop herself up. Dead three months now, her face was no longer recognizable.

O n a blustery October afternoon at the Wolfcrow Bison Ranch in southern Alberta, Canada, Dan Fox and his ranch hand, Man Blackplume, tried to wrestle fence panels into place despite a 60 mph wind.