A backlash to standardized tests has been fueled by complaints they take up too much classroom time and questions about how ...

Pressure is mounting on state and federal prosecutors to investigate tech billionaire Elon Musk’s $1 million lottery-style giveaway to registered voters in seven battleground states. A Justice ...

Parched fields and damaging blazes: The Northeast drought and wildfires in photos More than 58% of the Northeast is in ...

The Fort Worth-based institution has halted its program using unclaimed bodies for medical research and training.

The University of North Texas Health Science Center turned to alkaline hydrolysis to save money on cremations of human ...

Follow updates on Trump’s transition plans after the 2024 election: Cabinet selections like Matt Gaetz, CPAC at Mar-a-Lago ...

Confidence that scientists will make decisions in the public interest nosedived at the onset of the pandemic but has now ...

About 73% of Americans report seeing misleading election news, and about half struggle to discern what is true or false. A new study reveals it would take far longer than the lifespan of our ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has promoted claims about vaccines that contradict the overwhelming consensus of scientists.

Despite a slight uptick in trust, scientists continue to face challenges in regaining public trust after the pandemic.

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double ...

Americans’ trust in scientists is slightly higher than it was last year, but remains lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic.