Genetic testing to determine who is Native American is problematic, argues Native American studies scholar Kim TallBear.

How do those who have been the objects of scientific study and medical experimentation become the agents or the producers of scientific knowledge?

The containment of COVID-19 raises pressing questions related to the freedom of scientific information, civil liberties, and human rights, one scholar explains.

1877 was a banner year for American dinosaurs: three major finds in the West turned the region into a "paleontologist's El Dorado."

The way Americans metabolized the global threat of nuclear war has had lasting effects on how we think about our newest global threat: climate change.

Two experts in bioethics have curated a reading list of over 20 JSTOR sources on selected issues like: gene-editing, research and treatment, reproduction, disability, genetics, genealogy and race.

Marie Curie was the first major woman scientist to get full credit for her scientific contributions.

For decades physicists have pursued a long-shot approach to clean power—nuclear fusion.

Fire was once thought to be a strictly human technology, but new discoveries show that Neanderthals could wield it.

Chess and artificial intelligence have been matched almost since the beginning of AI research, but now there's a new game in town.