Some of the world's worst diseases have come from animals. Bats, cows, camels and horses have all contributed. Now,…
The results of the 1920 census kicked off a bitter, decadelong political squabble. Could the same happen again in 2020?
Americans tend to work even when they're sick, in part because of a lack of paid sick leave.
Authors sometimes put deeper meanings into their stories, but really, it's the reader who decides.
Children think about politics. And based on surveys from 1950 to today, it seems children hold far less favorable views…
A researcher who fled crime-beset Mexico returns to interview the drug cartels behind so much of the violence, asking 33…
Early Christians were urged to 'supervise' one another. In the present times, that theology is often used by the…
Even before people understood how germs spread disease, they tried to isolate the sick to keep them from infecting others.
The Trump administration has cut funding for infectious disease research and reduced high-level staffing for global health…
Anthrax is best known as a bioweapon. But researchers have figured out how to tweak the deadly toxin and use it to fight…
France agreed to postpone implementing its law to tax US technology giants as negotiators from nearly 140 countries seek…
Italian filmmakers are starting to take a page from their American counterparts.
Fracking in Pennsylvania has led to disadvantages in state school districts.
Australian scientists have grown the Wuhan virus in a lab, and that will speed up the search for a vaccine. It also will…
The World Health Organization declared the new coronavirus to be a public health emergency on Jan. 30, 2020. Does the action…
A social psychologist explains how you can be so deeply affected by the death of someone you've never met.
Unlike when Kobe Bryant went straight from high school to the NBA, future superstars must now spend at least one year in…
What will happen to campaign workers after the Feb. 3 caucuses? It's a question that's in the cold Iowa air, carrying…
In 1868, during the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson, the Senate tied on two votes. Chief Justice Salmon P.…