Social media is the go-to place for wellness content today. Influencers promote everything from health tips to supplements and provide education on numerous health issues. Wellness content has even ...

A scientific approach, referring to data and analysis, is important in testing the effectiveness of flood control measures before they are implemented, said Project Noah (Nationwide Operational ...

This Pew Research Center report looks at Americans’ views on scientists and scientific research. Why did we do this? Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers ...

Concerns about living in a “post-truth” society – where evidence struggles to compete with misinformation, ideology and emotion – are now familiar. From vaccine hesitancy to climate change denial, ...

A tech C.E.O. explains why A.I. probably won’t cure diseases anytime soon. Hint: You still need humans. By Kevin Roose Casey Newton and Rachel Cohn The leaders of the biggest A.I. labs argue that ...

Robert Langer is a chemical engineer and an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who specializes in materials science, biotechnology and biomedical engineering. He holds or ...