Science

The 144-page report seeks to overturn prevailing notions that sexual orientation is innate and that a person's gender identity can be different than a person's biological sex. (AP Photo)

Prominent psychiatrist: Gay, transgender identity isn’t innate

Paige Winfield Cunningham · August 22, 2016 4:01 am

Leila McNeill wrote in an article republished in The Atlantic magazine on Monday that the skies are "still filtered through this tradition of mythic misogyny." (iStock photo)

‘Mythic misogyny’: Feminist writer claims astronomy is sexist

Mariana Barillas · August 16, 2016 4:15 pm

The goal is to get the 2016 campaign talking about major issues in science, engineering and health, the groups said. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Groups ask candidates: What about science?

Robert King · August 10, 2016 7:48 pm

Older Republicans may not recognize today's party as the party of Dwight Eisenhower. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Whose GOP is this?

Fuad Suleiman · July 30, 2016 4:02 am

The Ice Bucket Challenge helped raise $115 million in an eight-week period in 2014. The funds helped lead to a significant medical breakthrough in research for ALS. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Ice Bucket Challenge funds lead to medical breakthrough in ALS

Kelly Cohen · July 27, 2016 12:27 pm

A group of Nobel Prize-winners have signed onto a campaign demanding activist groups and their seemingly willing accomplices in the press refrain from spreading misinformation about the science behind genetically modified foods. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

GMOs showcase how poorly journalists cover science issues

Becket Adams · July 1, 2016 4:10 am

"Earth needs a virtual country: #Rationalia, with a one-line Constitution: All policy shall be based on the weight of evidence," tweeted astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Celebrity scientist roundly mocked for proposing make-believe country with single-line constitution

Becket Adams · June 29, 2016 10:10 pm

A statement from the international Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project says multi-national collaboratives focused on energy research are typically more immune to political upheavals than other agreements. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File)

Energy and Environment

Brexit raises questions for $20 billion fusion energy project

John Siciliano · June 29, 2016 8:10 pm

This oceanic "space station" will be primarily used for mineral research. (AP Photo)

National Security

China building deep ocean station in disputed South China Sea

David Wilkes · June 10, 2016 12:37 am

The study originally stated that, "In line with our expectations, P [for 'Psychoticism'] (positively related to tough-mindedness and authoritarianism) is associated with social conservatism and conservative military attitudes." (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Study showing conservatives showed signs of ‘psychoticism’ turns out to be bunk

Ashe Schow · June 9, 2016 4:30 pm

Researchers said the justice's jabot, a decorative neck accessory, resembled the neck plate of the insect. (Photos courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Natural History and AP)

Praying mantis species named after Supreme Court justice

Anna Giaritelli · June 1, 2016 11:09 pm

"I would prefer slightly more moderate titles that focus on sea-level rise being the driver rather than simply 'climate change'," one of the study's chief researchers, Dr. Simon Albert, told the Guardian. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Energy and Environment

Study author: Media too quick to blame ‘climate change’

Becket Adams · May 13, 2016 4:01 am