The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled that the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims could sue a gun maker, a decision…
Three scholars react to the spectacle, finger-pointing and long-term harms of the stalemate in British Parliament.
Considering language from a biological perspective led researchers to the idea that new food processing technologies affected…
Some have called reports overblown, with others going so far as to call it a myth. But the data that continues to emerge…
The American Israeli Public Action Committee has managed to work with Democrats and Republicans alike. Will that change…
Many communities are banning single-use plastic shopping bags to reduce pollution, but a study in California shows that…
Prostate cancer outcomes have differed between black men and other ethnic groups for decades. Could improving the way doctors…
There's a reason many today have never heard of Norman Douglas: After his death, more and more came forward with stories…
A century ago, a three-minute call from New York City to San Francisco on a landline cost $500. Today, you can make the…
CEO Mark Zuckerberg's claimed intent to focus on privacy will be hard to execute, will not happen soon and does not…
A new study looks at obituaries of private military contractors killed at war. The majority are white men with significant…
On the eighth anniversary of the Syrian uprising, scholar Wendy Pearlman writes about the people who risked their lives…
The college admission cheating scandal recently announced by the Department of Justice shows why colleges should admit students…
OxyContin maker Purdue has reportedly been mulling a bankruptcy filling, just as the first of around 2,000 lawsuits against…
Without its communist Soviet-style economy, North Korea would just be South Korea.
What raises a common winter storm to the level of 'bomb cyclone'? It's all about rapid, sharp changes in atmospheric…
In many cities, convention holds that there's a lane for walking and a lane for standing on the escalator. But human…
Stories passed down from the ancient world tell of self-powered machines able to move on their own – robots – playing…
The Irish continue to express gratitude for St. Patrick's unselfish commitment to their spiritual well-being, even as…