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According to most physicists, there is no safe dose of radiation. So why would the EPA consider saying otherwise? Who stands…
Explaining how carbon taxes and cap-and-trade systems work is simpler than figuring out how high those taxes and caps should…
How should the US spend limited funds for conserving endangered species? A new data tool lets managers compare different…
When artists destroy their works, it's usually to express their disdain for critics, dealers and curators. But does…
Government agencies spend millions of dollars yearly to buy and demolish homes sited in floodplains. But the program is…
A survey shows the newest generation on the voting block is extremely cynical, and that's actually driving high levels…
Trump claimed that 'we would be punishing ourselves' by using US arms sales to Saudi Arabia as a bargaining chip…
The stability and integrity of democratic society are too important to be relegated to inherently flawed computer systems…
Trump has called Venezuela a 'human tragedy' and threatened invasion while quietly deporting and denying asylum…
Americans are overwhelmingly committed to a free press and hostile to government restrictions, a new poll finds. But the…
The United States already has a space agency: NASA. So why do we need a Space Force, and what would it do? Could a Space…
As health care grows more digital, an array of health apps promise to track steps, count heartbeats and look at moles. But…
The disappearance and alleged murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is worsening relations between US allies Turkey…
As lawmakers debate the future of the primary federal program aimed at ending domestic violence, one scholar says the criminal…
The true number of people who do not favor either of the two major political parties in the US has actually remained stable…
The death of the rules-based world order that supports the global economy and free trade has been greatly exaggerated.
Cybersecurity efforts could take a lead from open-source software, creating hardware whose designs are open for all to see…
An algorithm named AICAN has been 'taught' the entire canon of Western art history – and now produces, titles…