The Pentagon is using polygraphs to hunt leakers, but the tests are more theater than fact - Brian O'Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology

10 hours ago

How heat on the Tibetan Plateau fuels powerful storms in California, half a world away -- Yongkang Xue, University of California, Los Angeles

10 hours ago

Are too many Americans taking antidepressants? -- Andrew McLean, University of North Dakota

10 hours ago

To control weeds in your garden, late summer and early fall is the best time to make a difference -- Manjot Kaur Sidhu, University of Maine

14 hours ago

Americans agree their democracy is in crisis – yet the solution is as simple as it is elusive -- Kenneth Michael White, Kennesaw State University

14 hours ago

2026's El Niño is shaping up to be a doozy – it's already affecting global shipping, fish behavior and heat -- Steven Paton, Smithsonian Institution

14 hours ago

What we remember when we remember 9/11 -- Jennifer Talarico, Lafayette College

14 hours ago

Learning without a brain – how bacteria store memories and remember the past like artificial neural networks -- Shiladitya Banerjee, Georgia Institute of Technology

14 hours ago

Pennsylvania's aging levees are under pressure from scarce funding and severe weather -- Kaleigh Yost, Penn State

14 hours ago

The tourism industry is slowly waking up to solo travelers' needs -- Peter McGraw, University of Colorado Boulder

14 hours ago

Subscribe to our newsletters

1 year ago

Pennsylvania is suing TikTok over 'addictive' features – but that's messier than it sounds -- Jonathan Caulkins, Carnegie Mellon University

1 day ago

A journalist coined 'the Bible Belt' 100 years ago – it's been oversimplifying the South ever since -- John Hayes, Augusta University

14 hours ago

I'm a pediatrician in Michigan who created Rx Kids, one of the nation's largest anti-poverty programs – here's what I've learned about how medical schools can improve community health -- Mona Hanna, Michigan State University

14 hours ago

The Women's Professional Baseball League is betting that women's baseball has a future in the US -- Callie Maddox, Miami University

1 day ago

People with Tourette syndrome, like Billie Eilish, use everything in their power to suppress tics – this exhausting process is key to treatment -- Michael Okun, University of Florida

1 day ago

American women in communities with ample broadband access lose less time waiting for services, reducing time poverty -- Mattia Caldarulo, Rochester Institute of Technology; Andrea Hetling, Rutgers University, and Gregory Porumbescu, Rutgers University - Newark

1 day ago

Space weather can cause both beautiful auroras and infrastructure challenges – 5 essential reads on protecting life and technology -- Mary Magnuson, The Conversation

1 day ago

Supreme Court to decide on whether Trump's voting-by-mail rules can go into effect – but might not rule yet on whether they're constitutional -- John E. Jones III, Dickinson College

1 day ago

'Fountain' might make you laugh or scowl but asks important questions – a Philly art historian explains why Marcel Duchamp's iconic 1917 sculpture still provokes -- Matthew Palczynski, Temple University

1 day ago

Could you survive The Oregon Trail? An emergency medicine doctor offers tips on how to not die in the great outdoors -- Elaine Reno, University of Colorado Anschutz

2 days ago

What comes next for the 1 million people who have lost – or will soon lose – Temporary Protected Status -- Jean Lantz Reisz, University of Southern California

3 days ago

Read all our latest articles

2 years ago

Watch -- What we forget when we remember 9/11

9 hours ago

Electric stoves may ease asthma -- Watch

9 hours ago

Are baby boys born less social than girls? -- Watch

7 days ago

What are those orange balls on some power lines? -- Watch

13 days ago

Election law expert explains SCOTUS mail-in voting ruling -- Watch

15 days ago

I'll pitch in

1 year ago

We'll send great stories, direct to your phone -- I'll try it

3 months ago

Our most interesting articles about science, health, the environment and technology -- Sign up

3 months ago

Our work is made possible by readers like you -- Donate today

3 months ago

Get one great story in your inbox every afternoon - The Afternoon Story - Sign up

1 year ago

All our newsletters

1 year ago

You can't shield kids from scary news – here's what 'Sesame Street' and other children's shows did after 9/11 -- Julie Dobrow, Tufts University

2 days ago

25 years after 9/11, what disasters reveal about Americans' ability to reconnect -- Tonya Cross Hansel, University of Texas at Arlington

7 days ago

Decades after 9/11, toxic dust and PTSD may be accelerating brain aging among first responders -- Roberto Lucchini, Florida International University

8 days ago

Compared to driving, flying is extraordinarily safe – but why doesn't it feel that way? -- Mihhail Berezovski, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and Alex Chaparro, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

7 days ago

In Texas, ordinary Muslim religious practices are increasingly being treated as political threats -- Asma Uddin, Michigan State University; Institute for Humane Studies

11 hours ago

Read more stories tied to 9/11

6 days ago

A new Houthi front and expanded Iranian attacks risk sinking Gulf nations' choke-point workaround and widening shipping risks -- Kristian Coates Ulrichsen, Rice University

1 month ago

Amid grinding war, protesting Ukrainians still want their voices and values heard at home -- Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado Boulder; Gerard Toal, Virginia Tech, and John O'Loughlin, University of Colorado Boulder

1 month ago

The danger of US-Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out -- Monica Duffy Toft, Tufts University

2 months ago

Trump's US-Iran ceasefire deal is a costly return to prewar conditions – and resolving nuclear questions will run into the 'indivisibility problem' -- Farah N. Jan, University of Pennsylvania

2 months ago

How are Saudis viewing the US-Iran war? Our polling suggests Gulf kingdom is split on key issues -- Robert Kubinec, University of South Carolina and Alexis Montambault-Trudelle, Université Laval

3 months ago

Read more of coverage of the U.S.-Iran war

6 months ago

A second hurricane just sideswiped Hawaii – why the islands' usual force field seems to be down in 2026 -- Nicholas Grondin, University of Tampa

1 day ago

Pyrograzing turns ordinary livestock into fire prevention heroes, so why isn't it used on public lands more often? -- Briana Swette, Boise State University and Kelly Hopping, Boise State University

8 days ago

When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal's catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks -- Umesh Haritashya, University of Dayton

10 days ago

Relentless heat and drought take a toll on herders' physical and mental health, in Kenya and the US -- Anne Pisor, Penn State and Bonface Osindi, Washington State University

16 days ago

Colorado River water conservation efforts get only halfway to a solution -- Sarah Porter, Arizona State University

21 days ago

Read more articles related to extreme weather

1 year ago

Pitch an article

2 years ago

The race for a new UN chief comes at a historically fraught time – the choice will be vital and significant, just don't expect a savior -- Ian Johnstone, Tufts University

1 day ago

The product is the problem: Why Meta's $17 billion settlement matters beyond America -- Robert Muggah, Instituto Igarapé; Princeton University

6 days ago

Global justice report offers bold ideas but misses the realities of 2 billion informal workers – economists -- Laura Alfers, Rhodes University; Imraan Valodia, University of the Witwatersrand; Martha Alter Chen, Harvard Kennedy School, and Mike Rogan, Rhodes University

7 days ago

US-Canada trade war deepens as Trump revives Depression-era trade tool – what's at stake for consumers and the midterms -- Kent Jones, Babson College

14 days ago

In taking Syria off state sponsor of terrorism list, US is putting its faith in al-Qaida alumni – that presents risks and opportunities -- Jason M. Blazakis, Middlebury College

14 days ago

Read more world news

1 year ago

Tiny backpacks reveal the secret, sometimes circuitous migrations of small songbirds -- Stephanie Szarmach, Smithsonian Institution

2 days ago

Caterpillar twitches in an ultraquiet chamber are helping biologists understand how these insects hear without ears -- Aishwarya Sriram, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Carol Miles, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Ronald Miles, Binghamton University, State University of New York, and Sara Aghazadeh, Binghamton University, State University of New York

8 days ago

How does Salmonella contaminate everything under the sun? A food safety specialist explains how you can stop its spread -- Kimberly Baker, Clemson University

10 days ago

Cancer vaccines could transform treatment and prevention – but misinformation about mRNA vaccines threatens their potential -- Dannell D. Boatman, West Virginia University

17 days ago

Using thunderquakes to X-ray Earth – a new study shows urban seismology in action -- Nolan Roth, The Ohio State University and Tieyuan Zhu, Penn State

16 days ago

Read more new science research

2 years ago

AI is helping ease competition for scarce space on the airwaves -- Aylin Yener, The Ohio State University

2 days ago

AI skin cancer detection tools are getting better – but only for people with light skin -- Mohamed Akrout, University of Tennessee

7 days ago

I surveyed workers to see if AI had caused job losses and was surprised by the findings -- Jeffrey C. Dixon, College of the Holy Cross

14 days ago

Disappearing lakes and AI are helping scientists map Arctic permafrost thaw in near-real time -- Anna Liljedahl, University of Alaska Fairbanks and Ingmar Nitze, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

14 days ago

The importance of teaching students what AI can't do -- Billy J. Stratton, University of Denver

20 days ago

Read more stories on artificial intelligence

1 year ago

Huachuma, the Andean psychedelic cactus, is drawing Western seekers and raising ethical questions -- Pardis Mahdavi, University of California, Berkeley

2 days ago

'Star Trek' and NASA have intertwined legacies – the show championed diversity and inspired generations of real space scientists -- Deana L. Weibel, Grand Valley State University

2 days ago

Farmer-poet Wendell Berry's environmental ethics were deeply rooted in his Christian faith and belief in caring for creation -- Kristy Nabhan-Warren, University of Iowa

6 days ago

Do you need to worry about the Sun turning into a black hole? -- Anuradha Gupta, University of Mississippi

2 days ago

Yosemite, again in corporate crosshairs, embodies the long war over US national park privatization -- Michael Childers, Colorado State University

7 days ago

Mosquitoes are picky eaters – we studied 3 common South Florida species to learn why they like some people more than others -- Kaylee Marrero, Florida International University and Matthew DeGennaro, Florida International University

6 days ago

Taxpayers don't want to pay for new NFL stadiums – so why did politicians approve billions in subsidies to fund six new ones? -- J.C. Bradbury, Kennesaw State University

6 days ago

View all our partners and funders

2 years ago

Find out more about us

2 years ago