Understanding the genetics of circulating viruses will determine if the U.S. loses measles elimination status this year.

Amid declining test scores, the country has pivoted away from screens and invested in back-to-basics school materials.

President Trump’s sweeping nuclear energy and weapons agenda has prompted revisions of longstanding radiation standards.

Research is identifying alternative methods to the polygraph, but some doubt whether true lie detection is possible.

Research has increasingly connected wildfire and smoke with worsening mental health, partly due to damage in the brain.

An executive order upended an NIH policy requiring researchers to account for both sexes in preclinical animal studies.

Industrial-grade buoys are being installed to prevent unauthorized crossings, but the environmental impact is unknown.

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President Donald Trump’s administration is directing employees at the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate foreign scientists who collaborate with the agency on research papers for evidence ...