Women and people of color continue to appear on ballots less often than white men, and that, in part, is due to concerns…
The Earth is losing plants and animals at rates not seen in millions of years. Ecologists explain how protecting habitat…
Google pays Apple to make its search engine the default on its devices, but the iPhone maker actually has more market power…
Workers say they love the freedom of platforms like Uber and TaskRabbit but find it hard to earn a livable wage. Cooperatives…
Suburbs are more racially and economically diverse than ever, making them key battlegrounds for the election.
For members of the minority religion of Wicca and witchcraft – part of contemporary paganism – Halloween is not just…
That extra hour of sleep you'll be getting comes with a price. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recently said…
Twitter bots amplify conspiracy theories, including the so-called 'collective delusion' that is QAnon, making them…
'Normal' body temperature has declined in urban, industrialized settings like the US and UK. Anthropologists find…
A new discovery offers hope for ways to treat a debilitating disease that has become a leading cause of death in the US..
Polls show that a majority of evangelicals back Trump. But that hides a growing divide between enthusiasts of the president…
Some have suggested the US allow healthy people to return to normal life, catch the coronavirus and get the population…
Birds found along the Gulf Coast have evolved to ride out hurricanes and tropical storms. But with development degrading…
The pattern of autumn sea ice growth has been completely disrupted, but are we really headed for a tipping point?
President Trump's image of the suburbs is filled with white people; he wants their votes. But there is another contingent…
About 2.9 million eligible American voters live abroad, including members of the military and embassy staffers. Just 5%…
Using machine learning to study over 85 million YouTube comments, a research team has, for the first time, identified linguistic…