Opioid overdoses killed 47,000 Americans in 2017 — more than gun violence. Many fewer would have died if they'd been…
Social networks connecting us through kinship and friendship are often small. This can often lead to surprising points of…
Women in the workplace face discrimination at every level, including in upper management.
As climate change intensifies the risk of wildfires in California, insurers are dropping coverage for many homeowners.
A proposal to double the value of Pell Grants for college students could finally start to restore their value to what they…
The Convention on the Rights of the Child is empowering children around the world by encouraging them to see themselves…
For years, doctors have known that blacks have worse health outcomes than whites and live, on average, shorter lives. But…
Over the past few decades, the US has gradually lowered the ceiling for refugees.
China is betting that a massive set of investments around the world will bring it economic prosperity and international…
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for teens in America. But there may be ways to study the stress response and…
Efforts to 'harden' school buildings could distract from the need to focus on human behavior and what's known…
Donald Trump has some ideas about how to end homelessness in the US. Los Angeles' recent experiences may be an important…
Up until the 1919 Black Sox Scandal, gambling and baseball had a marriage of convenience. A century later, gambling is again…
Brain functions integrate and compress multiple components of an experience, including sight and smell – which simply…
Many recent executions in the US by lethal injections have resulted in prolonged suffering before death. A historian asks:…
Investing in farming methods that improve lands and water, and in rural infrastructure and markets, could bring new prosperity…
Students looking to gain an academic edge by taking stimulants such as Adderall fail to do better on tests and also mess…
Francis Townsend had a similar if less ambitious idea in the 1930s that never got through Congress but ended up making Social…