The US is once again experiencing a shortage of blood, a difficult commodity to ship because it is perishable and time-sensitive.…
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A new report says a "culture of passing" led to the graduation scandal at Ballou High School in Washington, DC,…
The 'right to try' legislation is a political winner. But will it give terminally patients the help they need or…
As the Olympics head to the Far East this month, two radically different approaches to training and treating athletes will…
Mick Mulvaney has only been in charge of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for two months, but he's already made…
The long, dark days of winter can be a particularly lonely time for some people. But hermits, in many religious traditions,…
An expert on secrecy in government explains the downsides and limits of transparency.
Research suggests a new threat to life on Earth from the meteorite's crash: Via seismic waves, the impact triggered…
Muchos puertorriqueños recibieron bien el reciente anuncio de privatizar el sistema eléctrico del país. Pero vender el…
Many Puerto Ricans are happy to see their broke power utility sold off to whoever can get the lights turned back on. But…
What happens to your Facebook account, your iTunes purchases and your email messages when you die?
Research on the relationship between mascots and fandom shows just how tricky it is to truly eradicate a mascot from a region's…
New York soon may charge a fee to drive into central Manhattan as a way of reducing traffic and raising funds for public…
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Fifty years after MLK's death, a minority politics scholar assesses black progress in the US based on poverty, jobs…