Much of the debate regarding the environmental cost of childbearing is underpinned by one influential study. Given the global commitment to net zero, should this be revisited?

Existing genetic data and sequencing tools are overwhelmingly based on people of European ancestry, which excludes much of the rich genetic variation of the world.

What would persuade you to eat less meat? Probably not an appeal to go cold turkey, but perhaps an introduction to being reducetarian.

What would persuade you to eat less meat? Probably not an appeal to go cold turkey, but perhaps an introduction to being reducetarian.

New research ties inaccuracies in pulse oximeter readings to racial disparities in treatment and outcomes.

“Interpretability methods” seek to shed light on how machine-learning models make predictions, but researchers say to proceed with caution.

Methods that make a machine-learning model’s predictions more accurate overall can reduce accuracy for underrepresented subgroups. A new approach can help.