Fusion technology is a long way from powering a grid — if it ever will. Dozens of fusion startups have launched anyway.

Researchers are sprinting to compile their own datasets and DIY sites. Lawmakers aren't doing much to reverse course.

Advocates and transgender people are worried the directive will discourage medical care they consider to be lifesaving.

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Stefan Kertesz, a physician and addiction expert, says overaggressive cutbacks can harm some chronic pain patients.

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As a teenager growing up in Nigeria, Helen Onyeaka was obsessed with microorganisms. The tiny lifeforms, which include bacteria and yeast, can be grown quickly and in huge quantities. Onyeaka wondered ...

Around a decade ago, a patient in the Netherlands went to his doctor with a request for euthanasia. He was in his 40s, suffering from depression and psychosis, and haunted by feelings of despair, ...

Teresa Carr is a Colorado-based investigative journalist and the author of Undark's Matters of Fact column.