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Congress averted a second government shutdown by passing a bipartisan budget deal that raised spending caps for the next two years, but didn’t specify how…

If you’ve ever been annoyed by those little stickers on your apples, or wished for a sensor that would tell you whether that cantaloupe is actually ripe,…

Last April, tens – if not hundreds – of thousands of scientists and science enthusiasts took to the streets in the first March for Science. This year,…

More than 12 million people have had their DNA analyzed by direct-to-consumer genealogy tests like 23andMe and ancestry.com. That number more than doubled…

We’ve all heard that the best time to learn a new language is when you’re a young child; think pre-school or elementary school. But a recent study by…

We all know we feel better when we’re well-rested, but why do we sleep? And how much is enough?Meir Kryger is a professor in the Yale School of Medicine.…

World Cup soccer fans in Russia have been laughing, crying, and screaming as their favorite teams win or lose. But Russians themselves aren't known for…

The FIFA men’s World Cup has been a been a tournament full of surprises and upsets. But it’s also been a example of how not to handle concussions,…

A few weeks ago, we spoke with a young ocean researcher who was struck by the lack of diversity among her colleagues and decided to dig deeper. Emily…

Over the past decade, as climate change has been driving increasingly extreme weather around the globe, the political debate in Washington has also grown…