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Students are more likely to show risk-taking behaviour if their supervisors have a tendency for risky projects. Credit: GettyA researchers’ propensity for risky projects is passed…

The small Winooski school district in northern Vermont, serving about 800 students, played an outsized role last year in state and national headlines.It led the way…

Economic conflicts between major powers are the greatest risk facing the world over the next two years, according to experts polled ahead of next week’s Davos…

Experts say Donald Trump’s recent executive order on cannabis rescheduling is unlikely to make a meaningful difference for those most vulnerable to cannabis-related criminal charges, which…

Sweeping cuts and the “politicization of science” inside the Food and Drug Administration have increased the risk of safety lapses across the US, former agency workers…

In the death throes of Boris Johnson’s government in the summer of 2022, Nadhim Zahawi was appointed chancellor by an increasingly desperate prime minister determined to…

Prison education programs are designed to help people succeed after release, but new research suggests they may actually increase participants’ chances of reincarceration. An analysis from…

The UK’s last military helicopter factory must land a long-awaited order from the Ministry of Defence within the coming weeks to secure about 3,000 manufacturing jobs,…

When SpaceX CEO Elon Musk chose a remote Texas outpost on the Gulf Coast to develop his company’s ambitious Starship, he put the 400-foot rocket on…

Higher consumption of some food preservatives is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cancer, two studies suggest.The findings, published in the medical…