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One weird thing that’s been holding drug trials back

The FDA released draft guidance in January 2026 encouraging the use of Bayesian statistics in clinical trials, a shift that could benefit patien...

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An exclusive look inside the largest effort ever mounted to keep the Great Barrier Reef alive

Sara Godinez-Espinosa, a research technician with the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP), sets an adult colony of branching coral ca...

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Is Trump losing the plot?

Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before boarding Marine One on January 16, 2026. | Tom Brenner/Getty Images...

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Trump and Greenland: Latest stories and updates

President Donald Trump has again elevated Greenland to a central place in his foreign policy, renewing a long-running push that has unsettled...

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The Supreme Court’s entire framework for Second Amendment cases is coming apart

Supporters of gun control and firearm safety measures hold rally outside the Supreme Court as the justices hear oral arguments in State Rifle an...

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What’s next for Project 2025?

President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it during an indoor inauguration parade at Capital One Arena on January 20, 202...

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China is wielding a new kind of power in the world now

An inflatable Labubu in Victoria Harbour on October 25, 2025, in Hong Kong. | Hou Yu/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images To say that China...

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Can America build beautiful places again?

Render of an apartment courtyard block generated by Alicia Pederson with the Courtyard Composer. | © Courtyard Urbanist, Treasury Spatial Data...

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A very simple explanation for why politics is broken

A new study presents evidence that cable news causes voters — and thus, politicians — to put a greater premium on social issues. | William West/...

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The real reason people are so passionate about Heated Rivalry

Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie attend the premiere of Heated Rivalry at TIFF Lightbox on November 24, 2025 in Toronto. | Harold Feng/Getty I...

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Americans don’t trust crowdfunding sites like GoFundMe. So, why do they keep giving?

Today, no American tragedy is complete without a GoFundMe.  It took less than a week to raise over $1.5 million for the family of Renee Nico...

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We just took a major step forward in protecting the oceans

Who owns the high seas? In the spring of 2010, I was one of a few journalists invited to travel down to the coast of Ecuador to join an ocean-...