Devotees from many parts of the world are visiting the ailing 92-year-old monk, who has retired to a Buddhist temple. He…
Hawaii's fight for statehood was long and waged primarily against racist US lawmakers who feared admitting a majority…
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If undocumented immigrants choose not to fill out the questionnaire, then the official population of several states would…
An analysis of flight data shows that problems began at a point when the pilot would normally have engaged the autopilot…
Scientists worldwide are calling for a moratorium on gene editing in germline cells. But what is a germline cell? How does…
The revolution begun by Syrians exactly eight years ago has been won – by the murderous leader they rebelled against.…
An expert explains the many reasons why people behave in an unethical manner and what research shows on why the wealthy…
There is no system in place to detect charitable fraud on the scale allegedly committed by a counseling company and its…
Marijuana is known for delivering a good high. But the plant's uses go well beyond the recreational. Marijuana contains…
JFK pushed consumer rights to the top of the national agenda in 1962, leading to a raft of new laws offering new protections.…
Even before the British billionaire invested US$1 billion in making the region 'climate-smart,' Jamaica, Barbados…
Even if wealthy parents don't resort to the kind of illegal tactics in the recent college cheating scandal revealed…
The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims could sue a gun maker, a decision…
Three scholars react to the spectacle, finger-pointing and long-term harms of the stalemate in British Parliament.
Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected…
Some have called reports overblown, with others going so far as to call it a myth. But the data that continues to emerge…
The American Israeli Public Action Committee has managed to work with Democrats and Republicans alike. Will that change…
Many communities are banning single-use plastic shopping bags to reduce pollution, but a study in California shows that…