Our neural circuits lead us to find comfort in those like us and unease with those who differ, resulting in a battle between…
The steep decline in refugee children in US schools will lessen the nation's ability to produce students who possess…
Guatemala has ended its Fuego volcano rescue mission and declared 110 dead. But people in the hot, ash-covered eruption…
Scientists have taken atomic resolution snapshots of an opioid receptor interacting with a drug. Now they are using these…
There are strong parallels between the Trump administration’s policy on immigrant families and the 19th century's…
What happens to motivated, determined and egotistical men when they are forced to abandon the White House? As John Quincy…
Information on social media can be misleading because of biases in three places – the brain, society and algorithms. Scholars…
As knowledge of pain and the highly addictive nature of opioids has grown, so has the knowledge grown about pain and its…
People may not have a criminal record before they become homeless, but they likely will afterward due to laws intended to…
Many observers had hoped that the court's decision on Gill v. Whitford would provide some clarity on whether gerrymandering…
Childhood adversity is linked to social and mental health problems later in life. New research suggests brains that aren't…
Who's in charge of deciding how immigrants coming over the US-Mexico border are treated? Both Congress and the executive…
Trump hopes migrants won't come if they know their children will be taken away. That grim logic ignores the inescapable…
Part of yoga's appeal is that it continues to be seen as a mystical, ancient tradition. The truth is, the practice of…
You might think you've made your day more efficient – but it can actually affect what you accomplish during your unstructured…
A scholar of climate misinformation campaigns explains how, in part, the large gap in public opinion on global warming emerged…
Generating less electricity with fossil fuels could help save lives.
Just as with so many other criminal justice policies, pretrial detention disproportionately affects African-American men…
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice helps demonstrate that the lynching of black people was not the fault of victims.…
After mass killings, politicians feel compelled to offer solutions to gun violence. One of the most common answers is better…