Proponents of algorithms as a solution to bias in criminal justice systems say they're dispassionate. "But algorithms can discriminate."

Data literacy skills among fourth and eighth-grade students in the US have declined significantly over the last decade, researchers say.

Even if you have data tracking turned off, data from friends and even strangers can predict with surprising accuracy where you are and where you're going.

New research uses data science to investigate how diversity in the field of history affects new knowledge and vice versa.

A set of tools called Movebank makes it easier to gather and manage massive amounts of animal tracking data.

New research uses big data analysis to examine what men have said in response to #MeToo allegations of sexual misconduct and harassment against them.

Data scientists analyzed camera trap photos from 15 tropical rainforests to uncover a previously unknown relationship between the biodiversity of mammals and forests.

A new interactive map estimates the risk that students with COVID-19 will show up at school on a given day anywhere in the US.

Check out the COVID-19 US State Policy Database to keep yourself up-to-date on what your state is doing to fight the pandemic and its economic fallout.

By looking systems in which things suddenly go very wrong, researchers created a tool that could help predict the next gigantic global disaster.