Asylum-seekers will now be prevented from applying for asylum in the United States if they could have pursued asylum in…
Between 1% and 9% of sex offenders are female. Many are 'co-offenders,' recruiting and manipulating victims for…
A 2006 Supreme Court ruling created widespread confusion about which wetlands and other waters are federally protected.…
When people get sick, they often suspect bacteria and viruses as the cause. But now the CDC is asking physicians and patients…
Haiti has been paralyzed by general strikes and crippling fuel shortages for much of September. Its government is barely…
The Canadian prime minister is the latest public figure struggling to apologize for past misbehavior. A language scholar…
Paleontologists created an evolutionary map of how croc body size changed over the last 200 million years – with some…
Electing a governor in Mississippi requires more than just a majority vote. That election law came about during a time of…
The odds are stacked against the striking workers at General Motors. A sociologist who's studied the decline of the…
Energy-wise, the fallout from the attack on Saudi oil facilities has so far been very muted. The surge in oil production…
The first computer, named the ABC, was built at Iowa State University. But for a long time, few had heard of it.
A team of researchers tried to gauge public perceptions of climate activists and faith in humanity's ability to work…
Since 'Friends' premiered 25 years ago, both the television industry and the sitcom genre have undergone huge transformations.
Pot taxes will change the ability of some to purchase recreational marijuana.
California's legislature has approved a bill that would let college athletes get paid endorsements. A sociologist explains…
Convictions are where beliefs meet identity. But that can lead to trouble. Our supercharged politics make giving up a conviction…
Conversion therapy has been pushed on some in the LGBQ community by those who think same-sex sexual behavior is 'unnatural.'…
A national trial that looked at whether brain stimulation could restore memory had a surprise finding. Deep brain stimulation…
Studies suggest that marriage improves your health. But bisexuals don't seem to reap those benefits.
Studies show that the Arctic is heating up twice as fast as the rest of the planet.