I’m a scholar, not an activist or an advocate. But now one of the most intimate, personal events of our lives had been turned into a political event by the state’s highest court.

A recently published report sheds light on how 350 big companies and 150 financial institutions are falling behind with goals to halt and reverse deforestation.

Roger Petersen’s new book details military operations and political dynamics in Iraq, shedding new light on the challenges of state-building.

IVF is a decades-old procedure that has allowed increasing numbers of prospective parents to have children. Evolving legislation may put it under threat.

The caption may say that only scientists and trained professionals should handle wild animals, but viewers remember the image, not the words.

Researchers developed a simple yet effective solution for a puzzling problem that can worsen the performance of large language models such as ChatGPT.

Modern humans reached Northwestern Europe earlier than we thought, and in a much colder environment, researchers say.

Early human development is a complex, multistep process that’s even more complicated to study in the lab. Models made from stem cells avoid some of the trouble with using real human embryos.

A new discovery is shedding more light on the overlap between the two species of human, despite the challenges of exploring this distant time

When interventions or policies perform well in studies, they may disappoint later on. An MIT economist’s tools can help planners recognize this trap.