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Bob Scott, a weed scientist at the University of Arkansas, says he wishes more testing could have been done on the new dicamba formulations, but "the product was not made available to us."

Monsanto Attacks Scientists After Studies Show Trouble For Weedkiller Dicamba

Scientists are accusing the seed and pesticide giant of denying the risks of its latest weedkilling technology. Monsanto has responded by attacking some of those critics.

You Don't Have To Be A Dog Person To Enjoy 'Tomorrow'

Damian Dibben's novel follows a 217-year-old dog (yes, you read that right) as he searches for his wizardly master, who's disappeared somewhere in Europe in the middle of the Napoleonic Wars.

Zachary Linderer said he wanted to go to college to major in the field of science, but growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, higher education was prohibited by his parents.

Lack Of Education Leads To Lost Dreams And Low Income For Many Jehovah's Witnesses

When it comes to education, not all religions are created equal. Jehovah's Witnesses have the lowest rate of formal education. And that can have a detrimental effect on those who leave the religion.

Why Teachers Need To Know The Wrong Answers

Successful science learning starts with understanding student misconceptions, argues a Harvard professor.

Michael Phelps shows signs of cupping on his way to another gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.

Athletes Go For Gold With Red Spots Blazing

There's scant science to support the ancient Eastern therapy of cupping. But that hasn't stopped Olympians from trying it to ease pain and speed recovery.

Young Astronaut Hopeful Gets NASA Tour Of His (Space) Dreams

Murad Rahimov got to see the inner workings of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center after an NPR listener learned of his passion for space.

A foal nurses from a mare at the Lindenhof Stud in Brandenburg, Germany. While mare's milk remains a niche product, its reputation as a health elixir is causing trouble for European producers in a more regulated age.

Mare's Milk For Health? Europeans Look To Horses For Ancient Remedy

Chekhov and Tolstoy swore by its curative powers. While mare's milk remains a niche product, its reputation as a health elixir is causing trouble for European producers in a more regulated age.

In this undated image, digital readouts of a person's actual face are seen on the left; predictions of their facial features based on their anonymous genome are seen on the right.

These San Diego Scientists Can Predict How You Look Using Only Your Anonymous DNA

Can your personal genetic data be kept truly private? J. Craig Venter and his team of scientists in La Jolla are out with a new study that offers a word of warning.

A Ugandan baboon sits in a farmer's jackfruit tree.

Is It A Good Idea To Pay Villagers Not To Chop Down Trees?

Governments dole out millions each year. Researchers debate whether the payouts actually work. A new study from Uganda offers some answers.

Brain Scientists Look Beyond Opioids To Conquer Pain

The search is on for opioid alternatives that can block pain without causing addiction. One promising candidate: snail venom.

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