Health & Science

In the U.S., children under the age of 18 are legally barred from purchasing cigarettes or other tobacco products. But they are allowed to harvest tobacco on farms.

The population growth suggests an overall improvement in the region’s ecological health.

The juvenile whale - estimated to be more than 30-feet-long - was freed Wednesday, months after the first reports of entanglement by a piece of gill net.

Researchers are studying the factors that can make epigenetic changes to DNA. A mom's stress, diet and daily habits may become an inheritance of sorts for her kids.

Researchers say environmental factors could explain why some identical twins taste things differently

Coho salmon born in captivity are less likely to survive than those born in the wild, and scientists think captivity may be to blame.

A team of astronomers believe they've found the mysterious source of high energy neutrinos that travel for billions of light years in space before hitting Earth.

Justice Department officials offered a statement late last year saying health workers at a supervised injection site would be vulnerable to criminal charges.

While beach towns in N.J. and Del. work to curb the use of plastic straws, bags, containers, and even balloons, researchers say it appears the real problem lies upstream.

A last-minute lawsuit filed by a drug company that doesn't want its product used in "botched" executions could derail a scheduled execution.

For many people with disabilities, going without plastic straws can be a matter of life or death.

With its artificial intelligence, My Loopy has seven toy-grade sensors that respond to touch, light, sound, proximity, temperature, and motions to learn from its user.

The proposed legislation would require that naloxone instruction be paired with curriculum that educates students about the risks of opioid addiction.