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What started out as a way to access health care is now driving the consumerization of medicine.

Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award.

The health secretary's affinity for saturated fat and his dislike of ultra-processed foods could influence new federal food guidelines.

Nabarun Dasgupta was recognized with a MacArthur "genius" award for work studying the deadly overdose crisis. He's also a front-line organizer, helping people survive.

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.

Europe is the world’s fastest warming continent. Temperatures there are increasing at twice the average global rate.

National Guard troops are outside of Chicago on Wednesday, not because either of the state leaders requested them there, but instead because of the Trump administration's aggressive push towards big-city crime in blue states.

According to a new study, marine heatwaves are hampering the ocean’s ability to keep CO-2 locked up below the surface.

Illinois' DePaul University is among the Catholic schools that have banned the distribution of contraception from its campus health center.

After being lost in a Soviet vault for decades, the first feature film made in Idaho (in 1919) is now returning to screens. It includes significant depictions of Nez Perce tribal members.