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When parents in the U.S. paid huge sums to secure places for their children in top schools, it was a scandal. In India, it's acceptable for parents to pay private universities for this purpose.

For decades, lower courts have recognized an exception to the nation's employment laws for ministers. But how do we define who is a minister and who is not? Listen to the arguments live at 11 a.m. ET.

Scientists are gaining insights into why Alzheimer's is more common in women. The answer involves genetics, hormones and sex-related brain differences.

Among Native Americans, asthma rates are high, and those with asthma end up in clinics more often, miss more school and work, and are more likely to die from the condition, according to the CDC.

Ghosh's latest book, Gun Island, is a modern retelling of a Bengali myth. He believes old legends have a lot to teach us about how to think about the catastrophic effects of climate change.

Understanding the lives of animals can illuminate our own — and those of loved adolescents too. But authors Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers at times push cross-species links too far.

In “Sleepyhead: The Neuroscience of a Good Night’s Rest,” science writer Henry Nicholls explores sleep.

The questions raised by scientific research can be explosive. Should we edit our children’s genes? What safeguards should we put in place for artificial intelligence? How should the public be informed about clinical trials?

Meet the “Rad Scientist”

Instead of the sun's full disk of fire, or a crescent of light, viewers in areas of complete annularity saw a fiery halo around the moon.