When women political candidates deviate from expectations or the views of their party, they are judged far more harshly than ...

Plastics are one of the largest sources of pollution on Earth, lasting for years on land or in water. But a new type of ...

Anyone who has walked through a barn or cattle pasture in the summer knows that flies are a nuisance and even a health hazard ...

Almost 200 million people, including children, around the world have endometriosis, a chronic disease in which the lining of ...

A new analysis of an exquisitely preserved fossil that lived half a billion years ago suggests that arachnids—spiders and ...

Nearly one in four teenagers are using dating apps—and it may not be hurting their mental health, suggests a new Northwestern ...

When Congress passed legislation in 1887 that allotted individual American Indians pieces of land while also granting them ...

A team of European researchers has shed new light on the genetic origins of Papua New Guineans. The team uses advanced ...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner, the actor who played Theo Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has drowned on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast.

Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go?

A new study shows how extreme weather and power outages can impact socially vulnerable populations in counties near the U.S.

Amid growing political concerns that supermarkets are quietly gouging shoppers through dynamic "surge pricing," a new study ...