Legal bans and moratoriums on other emerging technologies need not be permanent or absolute, but the more powerful a technology…
In 1867, the US bought Alaska from Tsar Alexander II for a tidy sum of $7.2 million. Trump probably wouldn't be able…
People in jail kill themselves at a rate 3.5 times higher than that of the general population.
You might see a headline from The Onion or The Babylon Bee and, for a split second, think it's true. But many social…
Hillary Clinton arguably lost in 2020 because she took workers for granted. Will Democrats make the same mistake again?
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The 'free college' proposals being floated by 2020 presidential candidates don't include private colleges. A…
The religious right may have dominated US politics for decades, but progressive Christians are growing louder in their faith-based…
A woman recently died from Legionnaires' disease at an Atlanta hotel. Why? The cause is known and the disease is largely…
Because of the way scientific studies are conducted, it's been hard to health benefits from eating organic food. A new…
India recently revoked a special provision that ended the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Here's the history…
Engaging with diversity – a key ingredient for sense of belonging on college campuses – may involve discomfort and even…
Linguists have a lot of largely untested theories. Borrowing a tool from ecology, researchers built a model that didn't…
CRISPR technology could have momentous effects if it's used to edit genes that will be inherited by future generations.…
Previously secret documents and data make it clear that many companies engaged in the distribution of prescription painkillers…
Although the rings of Saturn may look like a permanent fixture of the planet, they are ever-changing. New analyses of the…
Before an exhausted crowd, Hendrix fused protest and horror with patriotism and optimism.
While the US has the most powerful military machine in history, it is also incomparably the most expensive – and members…