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The history and politics of so-called weather weapons.

The Veterans Affairs Department is reimposing a near total ban on abortions for veterans and their families that was modified in 2022.

Tetanus could make a comeback, especially in states vulnerable to climate-linked natural disasters like Florida and Texas, an NBC News investigation finds.

Brains of autistic individuals have fewer of a specific kind of glutamate receptor, supporting an idea that autism is driven by a signaling imbalance.

Children continuously enrolled in Medicaid had lower emergency department use, according to a study published Dec. 22 in Pediatrics. The study was led by researchers from Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan, Atlanta-based Emory University, Minneapolis-based University of Minnesota and Columbia University in New York City. During the COVID-19 pandemic, legislation prevented states from disenrolling those […]

In this reprint of "Peril" and "Racism and Fascism," Toni Morrison warns of the creative depths of fascism's reach.

Mozilla's pivot to AI first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be. Waterfox won't include them. The browser's job is to serve you, not think for you.