Fruit flies’ exposure to radiation from the basis of modern federal radiation directives, the debate over how we calculate ...

Climate change plaintiffs now claim that greenhouse gases are causing property damage through fire, flood, and frost, ...

Few topics provoke as much concern as the perception that puberty is beginning earlier than ever. While synthetic endocrine-disrupting chemicals are often cast as the primary culprits, puberty is ...

A system that allows drug makers to profit from restricted access will never liberalize on its own—and patients will continue to bear the cost.

Newly published data indicate a quiet shift in hospital nurseries that may signal a broader change in how Americans view ...

There’s a difference between explaining science and dancing around it. When the question is basic immunology, the answer shouldn’t require decoding. A straight answer still counts. It was in short ...

There’s no shortage of spectacularly bad advice about dietary fat these days. None quite compares to the Soap Diet — a theory I involuntarily tested decades ago, courtesy of my mother. It's even worse ...

A study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Association reveals that your daily caffeine fix might be ...

On this episode of Science Dispatch, we take a look at the radiation oncology experience from the perspective of a patient (and radiation expert) who endured 28 mornings of this common but ...

New York City’s nation-leading cigarette taxes have pushed pack prices into the $14 range—and pushed consumers into the black market. Evidence from littered-pack studies shows most cigarettes smoked ...