Eric Rimm reflects on his viral comments about French fries, offering pointers for how to cover research that’s getting a lot of media attention.

New Year’s resolve flagging? Academic research can bolster your ambitions.

We’ve summarized scholarship on adolescent vaping, such as work examining its prevalence and perceived risks, in this research roundup.

To help guide newsrooms in conversations about how they can improve coverage of mass shootings, we’ve gathered research that examines news coverage from several angles, including how journalists portray shooters of different races.

Racial attitudes were the primary reason white Southerners abandoned the Democratic Party after party leaders began to advocate for civil rights legislation during the last half of the 20th century, a new study finds.

Over two years, more than 1,000 medical crowdfunding campaigns raised nearly $7 million for scientifically unsupported or potentially dangerous treatments.

This roundup brings together a sampling of recent studies that highlight health-related differences between rural and urban areas.

A survey of 1,300 adults living in rural America finds they are preoccupied by economic issues and the ongoing opioid epidemic.

As the #MeToo movement has grown, one question continues to surface: Why would someone who experienced sexual assault wait years to come forward? Research shows the answer is complicated.

Safe gun storage can limit unauthorized users’ access to firearms. This roundup features recent research on the topic.