The South African Khoe-San communities are no strangers to exploitative research. One research team is trying to provide…
Keeping landscapes connected can help protect wild animals and plants. In the US Southwest, border wall construction is…
Delivery services and cafes commonly prompt customers to leave a specific tip – for example, 15%, 20%, 25% – at the…
Music education in Minneapolis public schools stood out as one of the best and gave rise to the city’s music scene that…
People tend to dislike uncertainty and risk – two things that are hard to avoid completely during a pandemic. That’s…
Political phone pranksters played a big part in the passage of draconian laws that strangle free expression in Russia.
Twitter adopted a so-called poison pill to make it much harder for Musk to take over the company.
As Western sanctions seek to isolate Russia, they also perversely reinforce the country’s mythic view of itself as a special…
Russia is on the verge of defaulting on its foreign debt, which not only could have severe economic consequences but could…
The difference between a language and dialect is just as much about politics as it is linguistics.
When states reduce barriers for low-income children to get coverage, their mothers are more likely to be married and less…
Solutions already exist. What’s holding humanity back is the will to get past the status quo and embrace innovation.
The Earth is a resilient planet, but people are altering it in ways that may take centuries to reverse.
Many doctors currently diagnose skin conditions by eye. Advances in molecular testing could lead to more precise and accurate…
Twitter, more than other social media platforms, fosters real-time discussion about events as they unfold. That could change…
Like millions of other Blacks during the first half of the 20th Century, legendary baseball player Jackie Robinson was a…
Research suggests that too-frequent immunizations may lead to a phenomenon called “immune exhaustion.”