By emphasizing scientific uncertainty above other values, political appointees can block any regulatory action they want to.

There's one punctuation mark Gen Z wants you to stop using. Here's what it is—and why it's falling out of favor.

Back in high school chemistry, I remember waiting with my bench partner for crystals to form on our stick in the cup of blue ...

It’s an interesting study, to be sure — if only the headlines actually described it. Turns out, only about 6 percent of the ...

Not as final as a full stop but stronger than a comma; a semicolon can either join or separate. Learn how to use semicolons with BBC Bitesize KS3 English.

No piece of punctuation, though, stirs people up more than the humble semicolon. Too demure to be a colon but more assertive than a comma, the semicolon was introduced in 1494 by Venetian printer ...

Em dash is the mightiest punctuation mark — the craftiest would be comma — in the entire English language. It is also now facing extinction because of ChatGPT.

One emoji in particular seems to be a part of the generational divide, she added. The language app found that where previous ...

What punctuation mark does Gen Z dislike? It’s the semicolon. According to the study, there’s been a steep drop in semicolon use—from once every 205 words in 2000 to once every 390 words in ...

New high-definition drone footage shows the apex predators using a tool made of kelp.

EXCLUSIVE: The White House Office of Science and Technology directed federal agencies to implement “Gold Standard Science" and de-politicize science and restore public trust.

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