In recent years, there’s been a wave of studies reporting that humans are basically full of microplastics: They’ve been found in our brains, arteries, and even in placentas. But some scientists, ...

Reports of halted research and clinical trials contradict Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s statement that the Trump administration hasn’t cut science and research. One recent research letter ...

MONTPELLIER, France — When Pleuni Pennings and her family came to this university town in the south of France at the beginning of the year, the plan was to stay a few months for a sabbatical of sorts ...

This week in Manchester, UK, scientists will be deliberating whether to restrict research that could eventually enable ‘mirror life’ — synthetic cells built from molecules that are mirror images of ...

On 16 April, Robert F. Kennedy Jr held a press conference about rising diagnoses of autism. The US Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary pointed to new data showing that autism prevalence in the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — "Disinformation" is fast becoming a dirty word in the United States -- a label so contentious in a hyperpolarized political climate that some researchers who study the harmful ...

A report published by Microsoft last year seemed a tough read for workers. The company, which has invested billions into OpenAI, analysed hundreds of thousands of conversations with its Co-Pilot ...