Skipping a few thousand years: Rapid domestication of the groundcherry using gene editing
It has taken hundreds, if not thousands, of years to create the juicy, shiny produce that you take for granted at the supermarket.…
It has taken hundreds, if not thousands, of years to create the juicy, shiny produce that you take for granted at the supermarket.…
Since plants can't pick up and move to greener pastures if conditions are tough, some have evolved interesting and sneaky…
The traditional role of chaplains is changing. They are increasingly present in social movements such as Occupy, Standing…
In 18 states, parents can choose to exempt their children from vaccines for nonmedical 'philosophical' or 'personal…
About two-thirds of Americans now live in states where marijuana is legal for medicinal or recreational purposes, leading…
Researchers tracked adolescents' sleep and scanned their brains. As expected, better sleep went with healthy brain development.…
The new Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans have just been released, and here is the bottom line: Just move. Bike,…
If Iranian crude exports decline further it could make oil and gas prices rise.
With all the drama between Trump and Kim, it’s easy to forget that the US is not the only nation involved in denuclearizing…
Loren Jacobs's prayer for victims of the Tree of Life congregation offended many Jews. Jacobs is part of a group called…
Cleaning up plastic pollution in the ocean is good – and long overdue. But where will the waste go? Recycling isn't…
Countries developing technology that removes or blasts away space junk may appear to be doing a public service. But those…
In an effort to get a competitive edge in the global jobs market, more US college students are choosing to get international…
Drastic oxygen losses in the world's oceans millions of years ago coincided with mass extinctions. Scientists see this…
Police practices like stop and frisk are often criticized as racial profiling. But it can be tricky to figure out from the…
It was "the Good War," the "war to end all wars." So why has World War I been largely forgotten by Americans?
Consumidores de medios de comunicación reflexionan sobre tres trampas estadísticas que pueden marcar la diferencia entre…
Mass shootings bring terror in ways that people watching from afar can only imagine. And yet, society at large is affected,…
But many new governors and members of Congress intend to take action on climate change.
Daaim Shabazz, an international business professor and chess journalist, explains what's at stake as American grandmaster…