Background checks alone might not be enough to reduce shooting deaths in the United States, a new study warns. States that require gun permits, rather than relying solely on universal background ...

An examination of school shootings revealed that states requiring background checks for gun buyers were around half as likely to have a school shooting. The study’s authors concluded that the 17 ...

So far in 2019, there have been more mass shootings than days in the year. In turn, gun violence costs thousands of lives and an estimated 229 billion dollars each year in the United States. On Monday ...

A recent example of an investigation of the possible effects of natural background radiation upon the risk of childhood cancer is the UK Childhood Cancer Study (UKCCS), a large interview-based ...

Silence can be deafening when you’re immersed in textbooks and lecture notes for hours on end. Sometimes, the key to productive studying isn’t complete silence but rather the right kind of background ...

Background checks for school bus drivers need improvement, according to a new state audit that reinforces what NBC Connecticut Investigates reported two years ago. State auditors were studying ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (“DEC”), through its Division of Environmental Remediation (“DER”), recently released its final Rural Soil Background Study for Per- and ...