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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.

The minds of social species are strikingly resonant

The condition causes faces to appear distorted. "My first thought was I woke up in a demon world," the patient said.

Researchers think they've uncovered the reason why women's academic work is cited less than men's—men forget about women's contributions.

According to a CNN/Kaiser Family Foundation poll on race in America, a much larger percentage of blacks and Hispanics say they've experienced discrimination in the workplace. But proving discrimination is another thing.

Bly, a female pioneer in 19th century journalism, will be honored with a monument in New York City.

A growing number of children are showing signs of puberty at significantly younger ages than the average. Yet many families may face hurdles in getting diagnoses.

As conservative hysteria over LGBTQ "grooming" dominated the national conversation, a different sexual misconduct crisis was playing out in hundreds of schools nationwide.

As young Americans turn to TikTok for information on mental health, the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard is building its own team of influencers.

The discovery could lead to better treatments for severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy.

I started thinking about killing myself when I was 3 or 4 years old. I've tried nine times. This is why I'm still here.

Research suggests that conditions in the workplace might be to blame.

How a scandal-plagued health care giant profits off a failing child welfare system.

"This means if someone dies while being restrained in custody ... people can’t point to excited delirium as the reason."

People who've been there before share their reasons for staying alive.