How researchers measure the logical reasoning of monkeys, pigeons, rats, fish and wasps shapes how they understand mental…
Adriana Smith’s body was kept on life support for 16 weeks so her fetus could gestate. Abortion politics don’t capture…
White Americans, especially older citizens, tend to be more bothered than Black Americans or Latinos by demonstrators waving…
A scholar who worked with him for decades observes that what mattered to Moyers was not how close you were to power, but…
Iran has a long history of enriching uranium in an effort to develop nuclear weapons. It’s not clear how far the US attack…
Many of the apps and social media platforms you use every day may not charge you money, but often there is a price to pay…
An expert in American dialects explains how a ‘health drink’ from the early 1800s spawned so many names and variations.
SCOTUS decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, one of its blockbuster cases from 2025, largely rested on two parental rights cases…
One hundred years after the Scopes trial, the culture war over evolution and creationism remains intense.
Democratic governors and President Donald Trump agree to fight an invasion of non-native fish that has spread up the Mississippi…
The US and other countries have a legal definition of citizenship, yet human psychology and identity politics result in…
Even though research supports the change, most cities have been slow to ban left turns at even the most congested intersections.
A scholar and former college dean explains why higher education’s reliance on majors to measure academic quality may be…
Caribou, migrating birds and many other types of wildlife rely on this expanse of wetlands and tundra. Humanity and the…