Pakistan had only eight new diagnoses of polio in 2017. The virus' days look numbered – but health workers have their…
Users shouldn't trust Facebook, but that doesn't mean they should immediately abandon what has become a crucial…
About 20,000 Californians were once sterilized under state eugenics laws. New research shows Latinos were disproportionately…
Alrededor de 20,000 californianos alguna vez fueron esterilizados bajo las leyes estatales de eugenesia. Una nueva investigación…
The debate over using school resource officers to prevent school shootings got a fresh airing, after an officer stopped…
Saving power to use later lets consumers, businesses and utilities generate energy when it's cheap and deliver it when…
Crime is way down in one Flint, Michigan, neighborhood, where locals have teamed up to revamp neglected public spaces. Here,…
The genes in our cells' mitochondria are passed on in a different way than the vast majority of our DNA. New studies…
Most Americans identify as animal lovers and support either full or partial legal rights for animals.
Calls for work requirements for Medicaid recipients ignore the fact that many already do work. The calls also evince the…
When structures collapse, what's involved in finding out what really happened?
While it might seem like a longstanding tradition, it's a relatively recent phenomenon in the U.S.
The Cambridge Analytica scandal wasn't a data breach -- it was a violation of academic ethics. Maybe it's universities,…
Companies developing autonomous vehicles are missing out on the local knowledge and values of the people who live where…
Ghouta, Syria is being destroyed. The news from Ghouta is all about death and destruction. But Ghouta's past was all…
Asian-Americans are extremely diverse. Fear of giving the government personal data may make it more difficult to provide…
In order to prevent school shootings, schools must use threat assessments like the ones that law enforcement uses to protect…
Using 'humanized mice,' researchers found more evidence that a widely used contraceptive may make women more susceptible…