The SAFE Sunscreen Standards Act seeks to revamp the FDA’s review process. Could it usher in more effective sunscreens?

New research on the size relationship between brains and wisdom teeth suggests that bigger brains aren’t necessarily the driving force in human evolution.

The White House’s autism announcement exaggerates links to Tylenol, misleads on vaccines and sets back the field by ignoring decades of research, scientists say.

The White House's autism announcement exaggerates links to Tylenol, misleads on vaccines, and sets back the field by ignoring decades of research, scientists say.

President Donald Trump on Monday repeatedly urged pregnant women not to take acetaminophen, claiming that doing so is linked ...

“So, the brain is growing because these creatures need to be able to adapt to their environments, and because this is ...

The exponential rise in the use of Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) has ...

Justin Gregg offers a playful deep dive into anthropomorphism—our tendency to humanize the nonhuman—that will appeal to ...

In a recent op-ed published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SFI External Professor Michael Hochberg and ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers project that human impacts on oceans will double by 2050, with warming seas and fisheries collapse leading the charge. The tropics and poles face the fastest changes, and ...

A handful of teeth unearthed in Ethiopia has led to the discovery of a new species of human ancestor. The finding, announced in August in the journal Nature, began with a Valentine’s Day trek seven ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a new study has found, furthering scientists’ understanding of the potential effects of space exploration on the human body. Stem cells are found ...