Drugmakers claim that broad state PFAS laws are overly burdensome. But environmental health experts aren’t convinced.

A massive Swedish study examined hormonal birth control risks. But the nuances of such studies get lost on social media.

In "Planning Miracles," Jon Cohen chronicles the efforts of scientists and others to eradicate the threat of pandemics.

Just EAST of downtown Albuquerque, in the basement of a blocky beige University of New Mexico building, sits a machine that looks like a sci-fi piece of industrial equipment. Metal cylinders, painted ...

An analysis of federal data shows a pronounced decline, despite alarming conditions found at some manufacturers.

Jeffrey Kluger's "Gemini" argues that the program was more milestone than stepping stone in the 1960s space race.

It was thought that Aedes aegypti could not survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Colorado.

State health officials appear to have deviated from the usual response during an outbreak after it killed two infants.

Regulations make it hard to introduce organisms that quash invasive species. Some experts see missed opportunities.

A longstanding push for urgent action on environmental toxins is landing in an unprecedented time in American politics.

While Sagan was primarily concerned with the rise of pseudoscience, Mann and Hotez fear that we’re now in the midst of an anti-science boom, led by people, corporations, and governments who ...

In the 1960s, meteorologist Edward Lorenz was running weather simulations on an early computer system when he realized that a small rounding difference led to extremely divergent weather predictions.