In 1961, President John F. Kennedy put a monumental goal before Congress: “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this...
Fifty years ago today, on June 22, 1969, the Cuyahoga river in Cleveland, Ohio caught fire. At the time, the river was one of the most...
Prostate cancer touches almost every American in some way. It is the most common form of cancer that men get, according to the National Cancer Institute,...
Gardeners Alva and Alberta Pilliod say they used Monsanto’s Roundup spray to keep weeds off their driveway for more than two decades, applying the herbicide while...
Kami Rita Sherpa knows Mount Everest better than anyone else: He’s summited the world’s tallest peak 24 times, more than any person in history. This year,...
Last week, Alabama passed the nation’s most restrictive abortion ban, HB314, which essentially bans all abortions in that state. Ohio, Mississippi, Arkansas, Utah, Georgia, Kentucky, and...
US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is the subject of a new comic book: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Freshman Force: New Party, Who Dis? In one limited-release...
Adalja said the vaccine-inventing work of scientists is far from finished. “We need to have more vaccines, because there’s so many diseases that are still circulating...
The measles, a highly-contagious, deadly viral infection that was deemed eliminated in the US in 2000, is spreading once again. So far this year, 695 measles...
No one should be drinking lead. The neurotoxin can cause brain damage and lower a person’s IQ. But unless your taps have been tested recently, you...
