A Portland State University report about the impact of Measure 110 challenges assumptions about law enforcement and the role police officers play as they interact with people with a drug addiction. A ...

A new study from Iceland’s Surtsey Island shows that birds carried most of the plants that colonised the island, challenging long-held beliefs that seed or fruit shape determines how plants spread ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

Researchers in marine plastics pollution say the U.S. ranks high among nations responsible for plastics debris, revising their previous study that some had interpreted to place the blame more on five ...

An investigation into organic apple orchards in Australia has made a surprising discovery: their soils are remarkably similar to those of conventional orchards, where organic farming techniques aren’t ...