Millions of Americans rely on groundwater for their lives and livelihoods, but regulation is piecemeal. A new study maps…
President Trump called for better identification of people with mental illness as a way to stop gun violence and mass shootings.…
Each spin of the news cycle hits us with another 'bombshell,' while everything from free speech to race has been…
Firearms are the second leading cause of death among US children and adolescents.
Major changes in the language of white supremacists have happened in the last decade that provide a window into how the…
Space missions are dangerous. But when it comes to long missions, radiation may be the greatest threat to astronauts'…
According to a new study, about 52 of every 100,000 men and boys, and about 3 of every 100,000 women and girls, are killed…
On the whole, results from psychology research studies don't support a direct connection between playing violent video…
Trump’s endgame for the US-China trade war still seems elusive as the conflict continues to escalate.
The Earned Income Tax Credit was established in 1975 to reduce payroll taxes and help with rising prices for low-income…
Nationwide, state government money has become a smaller and smaller fraction of public higher education budgets.
A sociologist spent over a year interviewing black, white and Latino residents of a declining coal town in central Pennsylvania,…
Breast milk contains ingredients in concentrations that change over the course of the day. Researchers think milk is chrononutrition,…
New data show more girls and minority high school students taking Advanced Placement courses in computer science. A computer…
Many practicing U.S. Christians do not believe that human activities are warming the Earth, but they hold diverse views…
More than 40 percent of U.S. adults have a gun in their household, making it hard to get guns off the streets – even if…
Why do even the rich cheat on their taxes? New research suggests some people may be genetically predisposed to break the…
Many articles describe the rise of superbugs - bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic drugs - as inevitable. But society…
The process known as policy analysis requires careful consideration and deliberation. In most cases, the public also gets…