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For decades nations have worked to curb international sales of endangered plants and animals. But in countries like China,…
Pope Francis recently removed a rule known as Pontifical Secrecy, which allowed clergy and church officials to withhold…
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The Babylonians' calendar was passed down from civilization to civilization.
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As the Harvey Weinstein trials start, a psychology scholar explains why jurors may be biased on the question of consent.
Iranian leaders seem eager to use the powerful emotions surrounding his death to coalesce power around the regime. History…
While the state of Texas says it is taking over the Houston school system in the name of school improvement, an expert argues…
There's no law forcing George Mason University's allied foundation to make the public university's donor deals…
'Zulm,' an Arabic word meaning extreme injustice, could explain why Iran appears to be so united in anger at the…
Bioprinting, an offshoot of 3D printing, is advancing so rapidly that regulators have been caught off guard. Two legal scholars…
Are you a worry wart? Not to worry. Turns out you were born that way, to some degree. Humans have a default mode in their…
Norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, is highly infectious among people in confined places – like cruise ships. But not…
Is a 19th-century French author’s cosmic joke turning into a real-life global nightmare?