The percentage of trans adults has doubled in the last 10 years. Looking to human anatomy and physiology alone doesn't…
Scholars who study trust and cooperation designed a game to find out what it would take to get citizens to support refugees…
The 20th-century philosopher Hannah Arendt wrote how refugees, in the absence of legal rights, were forced to live in a…
Stripping away preexisting conditions coverage would have far-reaching effects, but 50- to 64-year-olds are most vulnerable.…
A new type of antibiotic uses DNA to fight a common deadly microbe, _Clostridium difficile_. These new drugs are inexpensive…
Towns are embracing their eccentric visitors as a way to boost their struggling economies.
So far, he has not given any hints that his team is hatching a parallel set of economic policies that will benefit all Americans,…
July is the hottest month in much of North America. Experts explain who is most affected by heat waves and ways to cope…
Robotic milkers, video cameras and even sensors hidden inside the body will help this dairy farm figure out how to get the…
Everybody does it, but why? Scientists aren't really sure if exhaustion, stress or some other social factor is at the…
The motorcycle maker angered Trump after it said it plans to move some production overseas to avoid EU tariffs – just…
More interracial couples are appearing on TV and in advertising. But is media exposure enough to change attitudes?
Are most homeless mentally ill? Is it inevitable that a society will have homeless people? A researcher digs into the real…
Studies show that people's environments influence their mood. The same is true of homeless shelters, which can either…
Two men were convicted in 1859 of violating the Fugitive Slave Act. They had rescued a runaway slave from slave hunters…
How city and state governments identify and keep records of suspected gang members can be problematic. Good data are essential…
Medical social workers coordinate care, an especially important job in complicated cases. Just as nurses and doctors are…
Over the past 45 years, women have married later, attained higher education and joined the workforce in record numbers.…