Changing the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act, as the Trump administration proposes, could overhaul the ESA ...

Transgender women are not legally women, Britain’s highest court has declared in a landmark ruling hailed as a victory by JK ...

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The number of Australian women freezing their eggs is skyrocketing – but the proportion who actually use them is surprising.

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Researchers developed a machine-learning-guided technique to solve complex, long-horizon planning problems more efficiently than some traditional approaches, while arriving at an optimal solution that ...

General relativity is an astonishingly beautiful theory, and grappling with why it disagrees with quantum mechanics is a joy, ...

“Our findings show a close connection between the right frontal brain network involved in reasoning and the right frontal ...

A digital investigation reveals how AI can latch on to technical terminology, despite it being complete nonsense.

As we celebrate Earth Month, we are kicking off a series of retrospectives on National Academies reports and activities ...

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The U.S. government spends over $160 billion annually on scientific research. This massive expense is marketed to taxpayers ...