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In Shiite Islam, grief is not only personal but collective expressed through rituals, pilgrimage and devotion to saints.

Researchers are using machine learning models to identify gentrification in imagery. Community insights help keep the models on track ...

When the Trump administration took aim at higher education and the scientific research enterprise, a university dean had to figure out on the fly how to support scientists and their work at his school.

The administration plans to activate a committee with the power to override the Endangered Species Act. There's a reason it's called the 'God Squad.'

The current COVID-19 vaccine does not match the strain that's now becoming dominant in the US, which could lead to a rise in COVID-19 cases.

Inspired by bats, a new ultra-low-power sensing system enables tiny drones to navigate through darkness, smoke and dust, where cameras and other light-based sensors fail.

The US may be experiencing democratic backsliding. Around the world, nonviolent civil movements exist to support democracy and protect fellow citizens.

Conducting military strikes against a nation that is engaged in negotiations to reduce its nuclear capacity has set a dangerous precedent.

A chemical signature in a lunar rock offers new insights into what early oxygen conditions were like on the Moon.

Space is extremely dangerous, but people can still do more than robotic explorers can - in terms of technical achievements and inspiring public interest.