Determined to make HPV and cervical cancer screenings less invasive, these researchers have turned to menstrual blood.

Kelp forests are underwater thickets of algae that keep the world’s oceans rich with biodiversity. And scientists just offered a strong financial argument for keeping them healthy.

The reseachers set out to prove that hope was a meaningful emotion. Photo courtesy of Ricky Esquivel/Pexels “Our research shifts the perspective on hope from merely a cognitive process related to goal ...

As homelessness continues to rise — and housing solutions risk losing federal funding — major cities are working to figure out how to best develop affordable housing units for people facing housing ...

U.S. charitable giving increased 3.3% to US$593 billion in 2024, lifted by the strength of the economy. The annual report from the Giving USA Foundation, produced in partnership with the Indiana ...

Every summer, an average of 37 children die in hot cars in the United States. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, that’s about two lives lost every week during the summer ...

Following a heated Democratic primary for New York City’s next mayor, political experts report an uptick in young progressives seeking elected office.

The Salt House living room. Photo courtesy of Casa de Sal/Airbnb Since the start of the journey, the Dantas women have collected over 13,000 bottles, though an estimated 8,000 were what they used to ...

Inspired to help reduce trash pollution, these Florida elementary schoolers created a waste-collecting companion.

Laughter — closely tied to language and a sense of humor — has long been thought to be uniquely human. But in a new study out of Indiana University, researchers have discovered that bonobos, the ...

As heat waves sweep the country, most of us are desperate to do anything for a little reprieve from the high temperatures. Although cranking the air conditioning is potentially life-saving, it also ...

Conservationists in Argentina’s Patagonia region have helped save the country’s most threatened amphibian, the El Rincon stream frog, a species whose entire existence centers on a single warm stream ...