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It’s on You’ chronicles how corporations and behavioral economists pushed for huge, systemic problems to be fixed by personal choices.

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A new comedic play and a 20-year neurology study explore what we can do to prevent dementia and cognitive decline.

Frances Arnold's game-changing technique of "directed evolution" creates enzymes with unusual capabilities. Her own evolution made it possible.

How did we come to think of society's toughest problems as something for individuals to manage rather than governments to regulate?

Astronomer and Queen guitarist Brian May teams up with astrophysicist Derek Ward-Thompson to bring the cosmos to 3D.

Some money allocated for scientific research has been restored to the federal budget, but the White House OMB has been slow to release it.

A 50-year-old planting method from Japan is jump-starting native forest ecosystems in small plots, from schoolyards to parking lots.

A federal law aims to close the legal loophole that lets stores sell THC products from hemp. Why are laws around cannabis so confusing?

This story is part of The State of Science, a series featuring science stories from public media journalists across the United States. It features reporting by Jana Rose Schleis from KBIA. In an ...

The following is an excerpt from The Secret Life of Flies by Erica McAlister. The hirsute form of the male chocolate midge, Forcipomyia sp., which is essential for cocoa pollination. The pin obscures ...