As the internet-connected world reels from revelations about personalized manipulation based on Facebook data, a scholar…
Facebook harvests individual users' data and sells it to advertisers, who narrowly target specific messages to particular…
Despite scientists' initial concerns, federal climate change data sets are still available. But other documents and…
President Trump's new tariffs suggest he doesn't understand why American steel and aluminum have been hurt in the…
How Americans decide who can come into the country and who can stay reflects beliefs about what makes people worthy of opportunity.
Some school districts are moving to cut back on the use of suspensions. But if school discipline reforms are not implemented…
Fourier's discoveries can still be felt in modern-day radiology, climate science and physics.
Less-toxic hair dye would be a great invention. But discounting the risks that come with nanoparticles could undermine other…
Many socks, towels and other textiles are treated with silver nanoparticles to kill germs and odors. When the silver washes…
Trump justice officials portray the Salvadoran gang MS-13 as a powerful drug cartel staffed with criminal undocumented immigrants.…
Their culture places a high value on something many Americans don't.
The Trump administration may believe they have the key to an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement – when others have failed.…
The US is only the 18th happiest country in the world. That's the lowest ranking since reporting began in 2012. What…
Kurdish female fighters are on the front lines of conflicts in Turkey, Syria and Iraq, and they bring their particular brand…
Most of us bargain hunt when shopping for a new blouse or pair of blue jeans, yet for some reason we don't with interest…
The collapse of an obscure corner of the financial market a decade ago foreshadowed the Great Recession. The stock-market…
A legal scholar explains how even in the early days of the republic, Americans struggled to agree on who had the final say…
Although loneliness may seem timeless and universal, the word seems to have originated in the 16th century,
If Americans remember My Lai, they likely know that something awful happened there. On this 50th anniversary, it is worth…
If we’re going to grasp what makes Eakins' art so tragically powerful, we should be honest about the man who made…