Alcohol is the third-leading preventable cause of cancer in the US, accounting for tens of thousands of cancer deaths per…
There’s an impulse by universities and media to inaccurately document hip-hop’s history. The genre is, in part, a response…
‘Pañcatantra,’ a striking collection of animal fables in which birds, lions and others speak and reason as humans do,…
In some cases, long Senate speeches don’t produce clear results. In other cases, they can help pass or prevent new legislation.
Geopolitical threats from China and the United States abound. That could be a tough pill to swallow for Taiwan − and American…
Americans are spending more of their time alone. Contrary to national fears of a loneliness crisis, many of them find solitude…
The president has followed in the footsteps of Louis XIV of France and the czars of Russia, who operated national theaters…
While foreign terrorist organizations typically have a political or religious ideology, transnational criminal organizations…
The loss of TPS doesn’t necessarily mean all of these people will immediately leave the country. Some will seek legal…
New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined…
There’s no single, simple way to assess whether bugs feel pain, but research is giving scientists a better understanding…
Researchers probed what psychologists call the ‘paradox of effort’ to learn how different people value work they could…
A more nuanced understanding of hormone therapy now suggests that its benefits for heart health depend on how soon after…
Thousands were killed in 7.7 magnitude earthquake. Yet military generals were slow to agree to pause in civil war fighting,…
Do court-imposed nationwide injunctions, which stop policies for everyone across the country, give too much power to a single…
Foreign investment thrives on stability. Trump’s tariffs − and the current climate of uncertainty − could drive capital…
US college leaders would do well to reflect on the courage of their counterparts in 1980s El Salvador who opposed injustice…