No president is supposed to serve more than two full terms. That rule became part of the US Constitution in 1951, after…
A common assumption holds that nonreligious Americans vote for liberal candidates. The reality isn’t so simple.
The federal government spent $100 billion on these benefits, which are still sometimes called food stamps, in 2024.
Public safety shutoffs are becoming routine in fire-prone areas. But when the grid goes down, so do digital transactions.
‘40 acres and a mule’ never happened. Now governments and communities across the US are redistributing land and wealth,…
The US experiences violent earthquakes, but the damage and death toll is much lower than in many countries because of the…
Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with technology…
Doctor shortages affect rural communities the most, leading to a rise in chronic health conditions.
A scholar explains why the Trump administration’s actions may violate the constitution.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vision for US health policy prioritizes deregulation and leaves Americans…
Complications from measles infection are surprisingly common.
At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign…
While you might not like how your trash smells, to your dog it is an appealing buffet brimming with apple cores, banana…
Whether a galactic environment has the right conditions for habitable planets to form could depend on how the black hole…
Two-thirds of the Panama Canal watershed’s freshwater goes to operate the locks. The country plans to build another reservoir…
The Catholic Church opposes assisted suicide and euthanasia, but it also doesn’t support treatments that prolong suffering…