No 'collapse' for ancient people on Rapa Nui.

New genomic, archaeological evidence counters influential tale of ecological suicide.

Study on braiding Indigenous and Western science halted.

After dispute over "coproduction," U.S. National Academies takes unprecedented step of stopping $2 million study.

Remapping science.

Researchers reckon with a colonial legacy.

Mexico's incoming president gives science a big promotion.

Researchers see creation of new high-level science secretariat as a "good sign".

Smithsonian urged to speed repatriation of human remains.

Task force says museum should return many of its 30,000 remains and seek descendants' consent for research.

Should beetles be named after Adolf Hitler?

Zoologists debate whether-and how-to change scientific names now deemed offensive.

Famously creepy museum reckons with its past.

Mütter Museum launches an ethical review of its anatomical curiosities-and sets off a firestorm.

Segregation was already hurting Black health 100 years ago.

Research links structural racism of 1900s U.S. society to striking disparities in childhood mortality.

Do no unconscious harm.

Implicit bias can degrade health care. Now, researchers are finding new ways to recognize and mitigate it.

Violent conflict in Myanmar linked to boom in amber studies.

Among hundreds of publications on fossils preserved in amber, almost none include Myanmar researchers.

Half of Americans anticipate a U.S. civil war soon, survey finds.

Findings suggest rising gun violence will spill into the political sphere, driven by conspiracy theories.

Pterosaurs were clad in colorful plumage.

Study suggests feathers arose-and were used for display-well before reign of dinosaurs.

Microbiome data dominated by wealthy countries.

Skew could hamper development of targeted therapies.