Two days after the Catholic bishop of El Paso, Mark Seitz, knelt with a dozen other priests in a silent prayer for George Floyd holding a “Black Lives Matter” sign, he received a phone call from Pope Francis.
Diseases that run in families usually have genetic causes. Some are genetic mutations that directly cause the disease if inherited. Others are risk...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many students are getting lower grades and inconsistently attending classes.
Johanna Neumann was 8 when she witnessed a mob of local citizens and Nazis vandalizing the Bornplatz Synagogue in Hamburg....
Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high temperatures from the Arctic to Australia. Air pollution from wildfires, vehicles and industries threatens human health. Bees and pollinators are...
The big idea About one in four 11th-graders in Colorado exercised their right to skip the state’s official science test each year between 2016...
Brain cancers remain among the most challenging tumors to treat. They often don’t respond to traditional treatments because many chemotherapies...
What can this dashboard show parents about how safe a school is for their child? Parents can use the Safe...
Puerto Rico’s bankruptcy problem is complicated — but the various ways the crisis hurts most Puerto Ricans is unmistakable. Since...
Every year local peanut farmers brace for diseases that might wipe out their crop. Not just enemies they’ve fought off before, but new and emerging ones.
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, were present in the blood of 96.4% of Americans over the age of...
Every spring, school and district leaders ask teachers about their plans to return to teaching in the fall. They need...