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About 470,000 children in the US have epilepsy. Promising advances are being made in the field of epilepsy treatment for…
Forgetting is beneficial for the human brain. But the internet has made it harder to let go of painful or problematic memories.
To one scholar of the post-truth era, tuning in to Robert Mueller's testimony Wednesday was to hear a duel over the…
Ever more Americans are using digital cameras to keep an eye on elderly relatives who live in nursing homes. This surveillance…
A new kind of capitalism is emerging in which companies value communities, the environment and workers just as much as profits.
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Presidential candidates have been proposing plans to expand health coverage, lower prescription drug costs and make hospital…
July 29, 2019 is 'Earth Overshoot Day,' a date coined by the nonprofit Global Footprint Network to publicize overuse…
An estimated 500,000 Rohingya children, refugees from Myanmar, are growing up in Bangladesh in overcrowded camps with no…
Just what is Boris Johnson, the UK's new prime minister: a liberal or conservative? A historian writing a book about…
Facebook serves as a gatekeeper of the information diets of more than 200 million Americans and 2 billion users worldwide.
When the Supreme Court exempted suburbs in the North from the kind of desegregation orders imposed in the South, it enabled…
"Building back better" refers to making communities more disaster-proof and resilient after they take a hit. But…
As the rate of obesity in the US rises, transplant centers are debating whether to accept organ donations from the obese.…
For many people, the gentle blinks of fireflies flashing are a favorite part of summer evenings. An entomologist explains…