School shooters typically show warning signs long before they become killers, but educators are sometimes ill-equipped to…
Will your marriage be better if you and your partner are genetically compatible? Is there any evidence that certain genes…
Left off publications due to Nazi prejudice, this Jewish woman lost her rightful place in the scientific pantheon as the…
Jazz used to be experienced on a dance floor. But over time, it became something to dissect and analyze.
Journalism's crisis – loss of readers, revenue and respect – has led many to conclude that if the news business…
Alleged 'enemy combatants' held at Guantánamo Bay who went on hunger strikes to protest their indefinite detention…
Dozens of cities, states and nations are enacting bans and restrictions on single-use plastic bags and other items. A legal…
The coal, oil and natural gas industries are also connected with human rights violations, public health disasters and environmental…
Predictions suggest that Africa will suffer dramatic losses of crops and productive land as the climate warms. Perhaps adopting…
The Trump administration's proposal to lower drug prices focuses on discounts. A health policy scholar argues that the…
New Yorkers are questioning the wisdom of giving Amazon billions in tax breaks on the promise of job creation. A study of…
The South is changing, with more Asian and Latino immigrants moving in and diversifying a region that was once black and…
Despite increasing globalization, foreign language programs in US colleges have become less common. A foreign language expert…
Three philosophers put up a booth at the entrance to a New York City subway, so people could come to them with questions.…
The Grand Canyon, which marks 100 years as a national park on Feb. 26, 2019, is known today as an iconic natural wonder.…
On Feb. 6, 1919, half of Seattle’s workforce went on strike over a demand for higher wages. A labor historian explains…
Almost one-third of countries around the world are authoritarian regimes with the trappings of democracy. Their bad behavior…
A 2016 accord with the FARC guerrillas was supposed to end Colombia's 52-year civil war. But a deadly car bomb in Bogotá…
2019 is the International Year of the Periodic Table. The person who typically gets credit for its creation is Dimitri Mendeleev.…
It's 2019. And yet faxing is still often more secure, easier to use and better suited to existing work habits than computer-based…