In his short play from 1830, 'Mozart and Salieri,' Russian poet Alexander Pushkin proposed that genius and evil…
As Israel approaches the 70th anniversary of its establishment, many older American Jews will be celebrating. Many younger…
Study finds that coal pollution in China is leading to people getting significant levels of mercury poisoning from rice.
The administration's proposed changes to a decades-old housing program supporting the poorest Americans would jack up…
'Take a silver cup – always a silver cup' and 'fill it with ice pulverized to the fineness of snow,' a…
The California Supreme Court made it harder to classify workers as independent contractors. But it's not quite the 'game…
Biologists are finding new evidence that these ocean invertebrate grazers don't just ingest whatever they catch. They…
Who's really benefiting from a health care system that provides free or low-cost plastic surgeries for the poor?
Antibiotic-munching microbes may prove useful for mopping up contaminated water supplies and land.
The anti-Vietnam War efforts of Yale University chaplain William Sloane Coffin Jr. and other church leaders alienated many…
Like their predecessors, today's feminists can get mired in disagreements over strategies and goals. The celebrated…
While wind energy is often perceived as controversial, that may be due to the tyranny and power of unrepresentative anecdotes.
Scientists often use animals and plants as indicators to assess whether ecosystems are polluted. Tracking bats, which cover…
One hundred and forty thousand people died when a major hurricane hit Myanmar in 2008. Would the country be better prepared…
For 11 years, Daniel Ortega's regime has been unshakable. But Nicaragua's autocratic leader is vulnerable after…
People long assumed all the elements we see now were created during the Big Bang. But on May 2, 1952, an astronomer reported…
The little-known Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft was like a Geiger counter for the universe, listening to black holes…
The demise of the first academic department dedicated to policing at the University of California has left unanswered questions…
Democratic Senator Jon Tester of Montana has a moderate image in a state that doesn't often elect Democrats. But as…
A revolt by women at the world’s largest sport brand revealed what companies and many others still don't understand…