Arsenic, mercury and other toxic metals are found in beauty products widely available in Peru, Mexico and Brazil.

Science can stop outbreaks, but equity is needed to prevent pandemics, writes political scientist Matthew M. Kavanagh.

Although more than 90% of kindergartners in the U.S. are vaccinated against measles, that rate is too low to protect communities from outbreaks. An outbreak that started in Texas in January 2025 ...

But either way – responding to crisis or finding a public change of heart – is a reminder that voters are the ultimate arbiters in a functioning democracy. Today, as in late-19th-century America, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A generic blood pressure drug called prazosin, made by Teva Pharmaceuticals, is being recalled by the Food and Drug Administration because it contains elevated levels of ...

Most artists are insured, but roughly 20% buy coverage on their own, compared with about 10% of all U.S. workers. When the Affordable Care Act expanded access to individual plans, artists’ coverage ...

Like 911 for emergencies, 211 is a national three-digit dialing code, launched in 2000, that connects callers to information specialists at the nearest local 211 helpline. Those specialists listen to ...

Last night, Elon Musk revealed that his solution to Wikipedia, Grokipedia version 0.1, is now live. Musk has criticized the ...

U.S. cybersecurity company F5 disclosed that nation-state hackers breached its systems and stole undisclosed BIG-IP security vulnerabilities and source code. The company states that it first became ...

Shklovsky’s article soon expanded into a widely popular book called “ Universe, Life, Intelligence ,” published in 1962. That same year, the USSR’s Academy of Sciences sent its first radio message in ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) C. Michael White, University of Connecticut (THE CONVERSATION) If you take cholesterol ...

IT and security leaders should install latest patches from the application delivery and security vendor after suspected nation-state hack. CSOs with equipment from F5 Networks in their environment ...