Nearly one of every four people in the US is unaffiliated, which has prompted speculation that this would increase support…
There are more robots than ever in the operating room – but that's led to fewer opportunities for surgical trainees.…
Artificial intelligence and automation are bringing changes to higher education that will challenge, and may even threaten,…
Although the unrest that shocked Iran's ruling elite appears to be over, there are several reasons to think this won't…
New York, California and other high-tax states are angling to use the charitable deduction and state payroll taxes as workarounds…
Under a California law, faith-based crisis pregnancy centers must post signs with information about family planning services.…
The Massachusetts Medical Society recently reversed its long-held opposition to physician-assisted suicide. A psychiatrist…
A sociolinguist wonders if they’ll ever be able to interpret the waves, high beams and middle fingers of human drivers.
An expert on the region lays out the most essential issues to watch this year.
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A scientist who served on a national commission to review the 2010 BP oil spill explains why Trump administration efforts…
Police violence is like a nuclear bomb. The initial impact only causes a fraction of the deaths to come.
For-profit fundraisers often keep more of the money they collect on behalf of nonprofits than they should but Ohio's…
Despite all the media attention the far-right and so-called "alt-right" got in 2017, the numbers paint a different…
Three innovative projects set to be completed this year are geared toward strengthening communities that have been left…
Roughly 700,000 students ages 13 to 17 have experienced homelessness in the last year. An education researcher says the…
Around the world, people are both increasingly dependent on, and distrustful of, digital technology. New research suggests…
After mass shootings, calls go out to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill. But data show this solution is misguided.