New research highlights the flaws of pesticide regulation.

Big tech and its high-tech products and services play an outsized role in the economy and society. The Trump and Biden-Harris records point to how the next administration might regulate technology.

One of the most liberal US cities is offering the Supreme Court a chance to further restrict federal regulatory power.

Providing information about risks and easy-to-use test strips made people more likely to check their water quality. But there’s not much support for people whose water turns out to be tainted.

A growing number of people (mostly men) find AI relationship apps addictive and alluring. So what are the likely effects of this technology on us as human beings?

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the 2024 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their discovery of microRNAs, molecules that turn genes on and off – and cause disease when they go awry.

Rising electricity demand, especially to power data centers, could make restoring some nuclear plants that closed early financially viable.

Both Trump and Harris seek to lower drug costs for patients. What headway have they made on realizing this goal?

As concern about plastic pollution mounts, the federal government is revising its standards for calling products recyclable. A recent fine against Keurig could be a sign of things to come.

If the legislation passes, the new label would be centered on the front of the package. But it’s an add-on, not a replacement for the existing label.