Every young person has had the same experience I've had -- the experience of hearing older people talking about serious topics you don't understand and assuming they know what they're talking about, ...

AUSTIN – When Robert Roberson's execution was abruptly halted in Texas, it was due to a subpoena ordering him to testify over a legal backstop that both Republicans and Democrats say should had saved ...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Robert Roberson's execution was abruptly halted in Texas, it was due to a subpoena ordering him to testify over a legal backstop that both Republicans and Democrats say ...

Hypnosis played a critical role in the real-life case depicted in Max’s Love & Death. But was it good science? Here’s what the experts say. So (spoiler alert) how in the world did the jury find her ...

In reality, medical studies have shown that providing trans and nonbinary children with gender-affirming care actually makes ...

Politically-driven vaccine resistance renders persuasion efforts all but futile in that segment of the population. A different, but still potent, obstacle is posed when trying to persuade those ...

FARGO — There are many popular conspiracy theories out there, many of them weather related. These theories are reinforced by groups of like-minded people and web-based sources of information of ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." We’ve all been exposed to quacks, hacks, and fonts of bullshit before. But not like this. We’re at ...

Is National Review “junk news”? A panel of Oxford scientists says yes. Their study, “Polarization, Partisanship and Junk News Consumption over Social Media in the US,” purports to show that on social ...

America’s new obsession with detecting and correcting fake news is good for democracy. The future of our republic depends on a properly informed electorate. Likewise, our health depends on us being ...