An emerging body of research is starting to paint a clearer picture of how concussions work and their potentially serious, lasting consequences.

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.

We teamed up with two reporters who know a lot about firearms to create a tip sheet that briefs journalists on basic terminology and warns them about some of the pitfalls of covering gun issues.

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

We’ve gathered research to help journalists consider how they cover a group with whom some appear to have trouble relating: gun owners and people who use firearms.

According to survey data from more than 2100 adults, one-quarter of Americans who have been stalked never told anyone about it.

Research that looks into exactly where toxic waste sites are located, and the demographics of neighboring communities.

Ten academic studies were chosen from about 9,000 nominations to win a 2018 Ig Nobel Prize, a parody of the Nobel Prize. The studies featured topics such as smelling flies in wine and using voodoo dolls to deal with abusive bosses.

Hospital mergers may result in increased health care costs, even when a merger doesn’t reduce competition in a market, according to new research by UCLA economist Matt Schmitt.

After the launch of an initiative to reduce maternal mortality in California, the maternal death rate fell by nearly half.