The policy, hailed by researchers as “transformational,” will be fully in place by 2026 and make publicly financed research available immediately at no cost.

A bronze statuette recovered from a river in Germany may have been part of an early Scandinavian weight system, some archaeologists believe.

The Board of Regents has given its universities the power to fire tenured professors without faculty input. Now some fear that academic freedom is threatened, too.

The most popular cryptocurrency wastes energy by design. Why is that, and could it ever be greener?

After a fumbling start, the European Union overtook the United States in vaccinations last month.

The authorization applies to people who received solid organ transplants and others with similarly compromised immune systems.

Many doctors on the front lines say unvaccinated patients in their 20s and 30s are becoming more severely ill, and more quickly. But comprehensive data is lacking.

Hundreds of scientists and policy experts left the government during the Trump administration. The jobs remain unfilled nearly six months into President Biden's term.

The most comprehensive study yet of the federal response to the pandemic shows huge but temporary benefits for the poor - and helps frame a larger debate over the role of government.

The president's blunt statement capped weeks of frustration in the White House over the spread of vaccine disinformation on Facebook and other platforms.

Cases, hospitalizations and deaths remain far below last winter's peak, but the director urged people to get fully vaccinated.

The proposals, expected Wednesday, are likely to be more ambitious and specific than other countries' efforts to fight climate change and may include a border tax on imports deemed to be polluting.

More than 90 countries are using Covid shots from China. Experts say recent infections in those places should serve as a cautionary tale in the global effort to fight the disease.

Regulators have asked residents to start conserving energy after demand hit a June record just one week into the month.

The SAT is falling out of favor, but a study looking at essays suggests "soft factors" have their own issues.

The announcement sought to clarify the surprise recommendation that vaccinated people could largely stop wearing masks in most cases.