Schistosome worms infect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Researchers have discovered how to use inexpensive drones…
Employers tend to see 'cyberloafing' as a waste of time, but a new study suggests it serves an important function…
To manage plastic wastes, nations first need to know what they have and where it's coming from. A case study from Trinidad…
African American youth are at increased risk for death by suicide. An expert explains why it's important to better understand…
A massive scandal implicating senior US Navy officers highlights what bribery is and how it happens. A law and ethics scholar…
In the 2016 election, more than a third of Americans didn't vote. What might be keeping them from going to the polls?
New research finds that the different ways boys and girls use digital technology might explain the discrepancy.
Some of the major events in US-Iran relations highlight the differences between the nations' views, but others presented…
Like many plants, onions have defenses to ward off creatures that may want to eat them. Their secret weapon is a kind of…
Vitamin D is essential for good health and particularly for fighting infections and keeping the microbes in the human gut…
From anti-war demonstrations to the latest women's march, 2020 is already shaping up to be a big year for protests in…
The deal represents a trade war truce but doesn't resolve the underlying tensions that led to the two-year-old conflict.
Russia's cabinet resigned Wednesday, and it looked like an unexpected move. But a Russia scholar says it is part of…
Most of us spend hours each day glued to some type of screen for work or play. But is that a bad thing? Has anyone got the…
A health informatics researcher explains why people don't always get the 'credit' they think they should from…
The long tusk of the male narwhal earned these whales their fanciful nickname. But there's more to these Arctic mammals…
At least six states have permitted the study of the Bible in classrooms, which could reignite a 19th-century debate that…
If upheld, a federal court ruling would solidify birthright citizenship as the law of the land, and overturn more than a…
The question facing justices isn't whether the president had the authority to rescind DACA. Rather, it is: Was he honest…