There are well-understood ways to minimize the risk of fire spreading through housing – if only developers, homeowners…
Researchers' views depend in part on what technology is (or will be) capable of – and in part on what consciousness…
According to a new study, there's a big gap between how much we think we spend on eating out and how much we're…
Time magazine named the #MeToo movement its 'person' of the year, highlighting the role companies and nondisclosure…
Many American evangelicals believe that the establishment and protection of Israel set up a chain of event for the return…
The city's image as a model for black mobility and civil rights is crumbling. An expert on race and class politics takes…
Hanukkah was instituted in 164 BC to celebrate military victory. It evolved later to commemorating God's miracle.
Biologists' growing reliance on computers advances the field – but comes with new risks. The first step toward improved…
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Applying actual science to forensic investigations can yield substantially different results from the findings of standard…
If you own property and make less than US$200,000, the Republican tax overhaul is likely going to eliminate a tax deduction…
CVS, which operates nearly 10,000 pharmacies across the country, announced intentions to buy Aetna, the nation's third-largest…
An analysis of more than 800 top-grossing films suggests diverse movies struggle in front of international audiences.
In their novels, Nathanael West and Bret Easton Ellis depict a world few want to admit exists, a place where 'Unless…
More than US$20 billion per year in giving is potentially at stake.
El Presidente Nicolás Maduro anunció que buscará reelección, otra señal que el regimen autoritario de Venezuela ya…
President Nicolás Maduro has announced he will run for reelection, a sign that Venezuela's authoritarian regime now…
In the '60s, a Roman Catholic religious order, the Immaculate Heart Sisters, created a new vision of a religious community.…
Federal courts have long declined to enshrine the right to education into federal law. A careful look at the history of…
President Trump signed an order on Dec. 4 to drastically reduce the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.…