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About 10 years ago, writer Kim Frank set out to learn why wild elephants were trampling people in India. She revealed a complex human-wildlife conflict.

16 years after "The Biggest Loser", Tracey Yukich Lane opens up about her experience, being painted a villain, and keeping the weight off.

Mobile HeaL brings health care directly to farm workers and trains physicians in Fresno County.

Generative AI tools have transformed classrooms. But local teachers and school districts are still deciding on whether, and how, to use them.

Kids, often barely out of elementary school, are internalizing the idea that their futures depend on getting into an Ivy League school.

Agricultural workers in the U.S. are 35 times more likely to die from heat-related stress than people working in any other field.

Over a billion young people are at risk of hearing loss in part due to headphone use. Audiologists weigh in on the risk, and how to protect your ears.

Earplugs can prevent permanent hearing damage from concerts. Venue staff and musicians say that now it’s common, even cool, to have them.

On May 24, 2022, a shooter at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas killed 19 students and two teachers. Survivors still navigate barriers to getting support.

Cancer survivorship programs and clinics can help patients figure out what long-term recovery might look like and address the physical and mental effects of treatment.

While it might be unbelievable today, boys were once required to swim nude at YMCA pools — yet some recall the experience with no shame.

After years of collecting consumer DNA, genetic testing companies are monetizing the data. But who should profit — the company or the people who shared their DNA?

How the competition between the Human Genome Project and its industry rival, Celera, drove forward one of the most historic scientific discoveries of our age.

AI-created art has been widely decried as the end of human creativity. But for one Palestinian woman, AI is helping to democratize art.

Psychologist Ellie Brown began studying an arts-focused preschool 20 years ago. Her research shows that creative expression helps kids to learn better.