Most people picture defiance as dramatic outbursts. In reality, it often involves small, tense moments where conscience collides with compliance.

Health workers at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and other government health agencies have told health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to stop spreading misinformation and endan...

The American Academy of Pediatrics had earlier urged parents to get young children vaccinated against Covid — pushing back against the health secretary’s stance.

A few days before the Trump administration suspended my NSF CAREER grant, they cited one of my papers in a DOE report that claims that greenhouse gas emissions have had "little-to-no effect on heatwav...

World Athletics says its genetic test for women ensures ‘the integrity of women’s sport’ – but science does not support this overly simplistic idea.

'Funding scientific and medical research is a nonpartisan issue. We all benefit from its progress, and we all suffer if it stalls'

Well, the native fish folks are at it again, stirring the pot and doing weird stuff in public. They’re relentless like that—but in a good way.

Elevating contrarian views while burying the actual science

In a world-first discovery, researchers have shown that Australia's iconic Bogong moth uses constellations of stars and the Milky Way to navigate hundreds of kilometers across the country during its annual migration—making it the first known invertebrate to rely on a stellar compass for long-distance travel.

Wrinkling is a striking emergent behavior that occurs in microbial biofilms across many species. The phenomenon originates from an intricate interplay between e

First global map of mushrooms that form beneficial relationships with plant roots reveals 90% live outside of conservation areas