Morbid entertainment is a massive industry. Scary movies are box-office winners, and true-crime podcasts consistently rank at ...

Police officers, hospital staff and emergency workers often swear that their nights get busier under a full moon. But does science back that up?

Scientists have long struggled to define brain fog—let alone pinpoint a cause for it. But research is starting to reveal multiple potential causes from inflammation to a leaky blood-brain barrier.

As more and more people seek advice from chatbots, these technologies may start to influence human behavior and societal ...

Without information integrity – where we can trust what we are told in the news and online – climate disinformation runs rife ...

Fewer international students are heading to universities in Illinois and across the country this fall, early data show, amid efforts by the Trump administration to cut down on the number of foreign ...

Heavy metals are dangerous at high levels, but treatments that remove can also be risky and only benefit certain patients. Chelation therapy is used to treat acute cases of lead poisoning and other ...

The Voting Rights Act was passed to stop racial discrimination in voting. The case, Louisiana v. Callais, questions if states can comply with the Voting Rights Act without violating constitutional ...

Mendenhall Glacier is melting in ways that affect the size of glacial outburst floods in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley. In a crowded lecture hall at Egan Library on Friday, scientists presented new ...

Mr. Witt is the author of “The Thinking Machine,” a history of the A.I. giant Nvidia. He lives in Los Angeles. Oct. 10, 2025 How much do we have to fear from A.I., really? It’s a question I’ve been ...

With redistricting drawing renewed attention nationwide, University of Indianapolis Associate Professor of Political Science Laura Merrifield Wilson offered her expert perspective in a story on fair ...