NASA has plans to launch the first deep space station for humans to live long-term. Is it a necessary step to Mars?

The Netherlands allows medically assisted euthanasia for extreme mental suffering. Some doctors question the guardrails.

P eter Hotez has made every effort to stay up to date with Covid-19 vaccines, starting with the initial two doses and ...

City officials are ready to rebuild. But defending against future fires requires thinking about more than buildings.

A novel private plan in the late 1980s helped set the stage for planting trees as a means to sequester carbon emissions.

The first of five large dam projects under consideration has been approved, despite environmental and social costs.

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What’s the best way to discuss vaccines with a politically polarized public? Jeffrey Morris has been considering this question since the Covid-19 pandemic, when he created a dedicated blog and ramped ...