Scientists identified the general pattern of measles infections as a country moves toward eliminating the disease. This…
The May 7 shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch in Colorado was eerily reminiscent of the 1999 Columbine high school shooting,…
A terrorism expert marks up the Foreign Terrorist Organizations list, exposing the quirks, inconsistencies and foreign policy…
Thousands of years ago, carbon gases trapped on the seafloor escaped, causing drastic warming that helped end the last ice…
New research suggests women-led startups can experience more rapid employment growth than those run by men in certain scenarios.
Scholars continue to debate what, exactly, happened to Emmett Till the morning of his murder. But that hasn't stopped…
President Trump has invoked executive privilege to stymie congressional investigators. Another president, Richard Nixon,…
The Uber driver walkout raises questions about how workers can fight for better pay and benefits in the age of the gig economy…
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Potions, spells and alchemy are intriguing to children and adults alike. A professor of literature explains what's behind…
Using an artistic eye when creating pictures of scientific phenomena and new technologies can elevate the resulting images…
Electric utilities have a right to make money on their government-granted monopolies, but customers also have a right to…
Some Islamic nations, including Brunei, have harsh punishments under Sharia. In pre-modern times, Sharia was rarely used…
The 'thin green line' of resistance against any new infrastructure for shipping oil, gas and coal abroad has won…
Thanks to new trading technology, sudden steep falls may become more common. A new program uses the principles of fluid…
How can a community decide the direction it should go, if its members cannot even agree on where they are? Two political…
While the Treasury secretary says House Democrats lack a 'legitimate' reason for demanding Trump's tax returns,…
Trump's embrace of bilateralism in trade relations has pernicious long-term consequences, including ratcheting up the…
A new report shows that coral reefs reduce damage from floods across the United States and its trust territories by more…
North Korea is a major military threat to the US and its Asian allies, but exactly how powerful are its nuclear weapons?…