Elisabeth Bik has made a career of being a data vigilante. What should mainstream scientific journals learn from her?

From Don Poldersmans and Francesca Gino to faked Alzheimer’s data, the scientific field needs a better handle on allegations and consequences of fraudulent research.

From Angola to the former Yugoslavia, land mines are a lethal legacy of wars over long ago. Cambodia is among the most affected countries, with millions of buried explosives that kill and maim people each year. Now, an organization is deploying an unexpected ally to find mines: the giant pouch rat, whose sharp sense of smell can detect explosives. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports.

Research suggests that psychedelic drugs can reopen critical periods of brain development to create opportunities for re-learning and psychological healing. In this episode, co-host Janna Levin speaks with Gül Dölen, a neuroscientist studying the therapeutic potential of psychedelic substances.

His failed attempts to bring the Emmett Till tragedy to television forced him to get creative

A Bitcoin mine moved to a small town in Texas. One by one, the residents fell ill.

Case after case challenging gun restrictions cites the same Georgetown professor. His seemingly independent work has undisclosed ties to pro-gun interests.

Extreme heat is dangerous when you're pregnant — particularly for those in underrepresented communities.

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies. Her bosses halted her work. As the EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.

Officers threatened to kill the dog of Thomas Perez Jr as they pressured him to falsely confess to killing his father, who was alive

People have been asking for more than a decade. It's time we answer.

In an overstretched health care system warped by business interests, a depression survey has become a crutch — used in place of, rather than as a gateway to, thoughtful care.

STAT series 'Coercive Care' looks at pregnancy complications from sickle cell disease and patients who felt pressured to have an unwanted tubal ligation.

The cemetery’s disappearance cleared the way for the expansion of a Microsoft data center, despite layers of federal and state regulations nominally intended to protect culturally significant sites.

The family of Henrietta Lacks can pursue compensation from a pharmaceutical company over its use of her HeLa cells, which have been influential in modern medicine after being taken without her consent decades ago.

Police say they’re working to de-escalate confrontations with people in crisis, but an LAist investigation found deadly outcomes persist.

Evolutionary psychology has developed an uncomfortable relationship with provocateurs and incel ideology.

Analysis shows news stories on pro-Palestinian demonstrations at US universities spiked when they involved clashes.

One percent of scientific articles published in 2023 showed signs of generative AI’s potential involvement, according to a recent analysis

After anti-war protests in the 70s, the U implemented more hilly landscaping and added trees to the spot for protests to deny students a place to assemble.

A former University of Iowa Hospital employee pleaded guilty Monday to charges that he had been living under another man’s identity since 1988, causing the other man to be falsely imprisoned for identity theft and sent to a mental hospital.

Garter snakes may recognise their own scent and react differently when it is altered, hinting at self-awareness in reptiles

People love to talk and tell stories and it's time to do it even more because it's good for your mental health. Learn the benefits of storytelling.

A racially biased test delayed Black patients from getting a kidney transplant and now more than 14,000 are part of a move to make amends.

He releases examples of "egregious federal spending."

Our brain waves can align when we work and play closely together. The phenomenon, known as interbrain synchrony, suggests that collaboration is biological.