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The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted on the flu vaccine, raising concerns about a rarely used preservative. Medical groups worry this will “sow distrust”…

People gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Supreme Court term has given the Trump administration…

ModernewWorld/Getty Images ModernewWorld/Getty Images Since 2004, scientific research has shown that a full night of sleep may lend itself to a burst of insight in the…

Prairie dogs have an intricate set of calls to alert each other to predators. Scientists are finding other animals are benefitting from these calls. Chih-Yun Chiang/…

Aedes albopictus, commonly known as the Asian tiger mosquito, is just one of the species that Short Wave listener Abigail has noticed proliferating in her neighborhood…

West Sussex County Council is calling for help from MPs as it struggles to deal with a “tidal wave of demand” for services for children with…

America’s electric grid has a problem. What’s the fix? Grant Faint/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Grant Faint/Getty Images America’s electric grid has a problem. What’s…

Matt Murphy, Olga Robinson & Shayan SardarizadehBBC VerifyBBCA wave of disinformation has been unleashed online since Israel began strikes on Iran last week, with dozens of…

The Haenyeo, a group of female free divers who live on Jeju Island, are part of a fishing tradition that has existed for centuries. But what…

A recent study in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that the rituals fans participate in around a sporting game can produce…