A new study explores whether how we perceive our body weight affects our prospects in the job market and at work.
California teenager Jahi McMath's family refused to accept the diagnosis of brain death. Her case opens up a number…
Over the last three decades, the number of US pilots has decreased by 30 percent. That problem is only going to get worse…
El derecho internacional reconoce que las mujeres y grupos LGBTQ enfrentan formas únicas de violencia que podrían merecer…
La historia demuestra que los presidentes latinoamericanos no duran mucho después de usar la violencia para reprimir las…
Without credible news and information, a healthy democracy is not possible.
As US mothers returned to breastfeeding, the market for infant formula dried up, leading formula makers to seek new markets…
Triclosan, an ingredient in soap and many household cleansers, has gained a bad reputation. A recent study looking for a…
The ban has major implications for thousands of would-be immigrants from all of the affected countries, except perhaps Venezuela.
Sea turtles contend with a contagious disease that causes debilitating tumors. Genetic analysis is helping researchers figure…
Several studies on locavores – people who go out of their way to buy foods and other products from local sources – explore…
Energy that otherwise would go to waste might someday power industrial-scale condensation.
A sociologist interviewed hundreds of immigrants in New York, Barcelona and Paris. Here's what they say those cities…
NATO leaders meet in Belgium today; many are worried about US President Trump's habit of breaking diplomatic norms.…
Big technology firms are becoming known for mistreating workers, customers and society as a whole. Is an economic powerhouse…
A scholar of the media business tries to make sense of the flurry of merger news lately, and why the tie-up between AT&T…
Fifty years ago biologist Paul Ehrlich published 'The Population Bomb,' an apocalyptic warning that overcrowding…
Just like with Cold War-era red-baiting, there's an apparent effort to discredit and undermine critics of the US government.
An immigration expert breaks through the alphabet soup of federal agencies responsible for enforcing immigration laws.
After Russia's 2014 invasion of Ukraine, NATO members felt a renewed sense of purpose: deter Putin. Trump's anti-NATO,…