President-elect Trump says he’s going to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild on health.” That has many pediatricians nervous.

History shows that, if left untreated, extreme political and social divisions are a mortal threat to democracy.

The future of American political engagement is barely political at all.

We can fix our staggering car fatality crisis. Start with these roads.

The nation’s largest distributor of home oxygen equipment has a dismal history of exploiting the government and ailing patients.

The climate impact of flights taken by the super-rich rose sharply from 2019 to 2023, fueling calls for a carbon tax on private aviation.

Lab mice experiments reveal the nerves that trigger this behavior in hairy mammals.

The astronauts who came home from the International Space Station last month experienced some drama on the high frontier.

Nov. 13 is World Kindness Day, so here are some of our favorite stories of nice things.

It’s a tough balance to strike, finding wacky or surprising items that are also exciting, non-junky, and at least somewhat useful.