In the 2016 election, more than a third of Americans didn't vote. What might be keeping them from going to the polls?
New research finds that the different ways boys and girls use digital technology might explain the discrepancy.
Some of the major events in US-Iran relations highlight the differences between the nations' views, but others presented…
Like many plants, onions have defenses to ward off creatures that may want to eat them. Their secret weapon is a kind of…
Vitamin D is essential for good health and particularly for fighting infections and keeping the microbes in the human gut…
From anti-war demonstrations to the latest women's march, 2020 is already shaping up to be a big year for protests in…
The deal represents a trade war truce but doesn't resolve the underlying tensions that led to the two-year-old conflict.
Russia's cabinet resigned Wednesday, and it looked like an unexpected move. But a Russia scholar says it is part of…
Most of us spend hours each day glued to some type of screen for work or play. But is that a bad thing? Has anyone got the…
A health informatics researcher explains why people don't always get the 'credit' they think they should from…
The long tusk of the male narwhal earned these whales their fanciful nickname. But there's more to these Arctic mammals…
At least six states have permitted the study of the Bible in classrooms, which could reignite a 19th-century debate that…
If upheld, a federal court ruling would solidify birthright citizenship as the law of the land, and overturn more than a…
The question facing justices isn't whether the president had the authority to rescind DACA. Rather, it is: Was he honest…
Since President Donald Trump took office, Iranians have held a more unfavorable view of the US.
At the Jan. 14 debate, held at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, six candidates clashed on jobs, Iran and more.
Puerto Rico's January earthquakes came after many foreshocks and have been followed by numerous aftershocks. Scientists…
The solids from wastewater plants are usually dumped into landfills because they are contaminated with heavy metals. Now…